News of dogs serving in a war isn’t anything new. It’s a practice that’s been done for decades; the United States began steadily using dogs for fighting and training purposes during World War II.

The U.S. Army K-9 Corps, which trained more than 10,000 dogs to serve several branches of the American military in World War II, began barking orders to its four-legged foot soldiers on this day in ...

This tear-jerker finds a fresh angle on familiar tragedy and turbulence, following a German Shepherd through World War 2. Writer-director Lynn Roth instinctively knows how to pluck the heartstrings ...