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Antis (dog)
Antis (1939 - 1953), also known as Ant, was a dog who received the Dickin Medal in 1949 from the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals for bravery in service in England and North Africa during the Second World War.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Dickin Medal dogs )〕
==Discovery==
During the winter of the Phoney War at the start of the Second World War, Václav Robert Bozděch and Pierre Duval were sent on a reconnaissance mission over the German front in their twin-seater Potez 630 aircraft from the French airbase at Saint-Dizier. It was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed in no-mans land between the French and German lines.〔Lewis (2013): pp. 2 - 3〕 Bozděch helped the injured Duval to an abandoned farm house nearby, wherein the Czech airman discovered a German Shepherd puppy on the floor in the kitchen.〔Lewis (2013): pp. 8 - 11〕 While the dog was not initially fond of Duval, but accepted Bozděch.〔Lewis (2013): p. 14〕 Concerned that the puppy was emancianted, he began to feed it chocolate, but it would not eat it until the rations were partially melted. Bozděch also found an old frying pan, filled it with snow and melted it so that the dog could drink it.〔Lewis (2013): p. 18〕
The two airmen realised that they had to make for the French lines at night or risk capture by the Germans before morning. Bozděch left a pan of water and some more chocolate with the dog, and they locked it inside the farmhouse before heading off across the snow to a nearby wood. Almost immediately upon leaving the property, the night sky was lit up by flares fired by the Germans as they were looking for the aircrew from the nearby crash site.〔Lewis (2013): p. 19〕 They had nearly reached the trees when they could hear the dog howling from the farmhouse. They agreed that the only course of action was for Bozděch to return and kill the dog. He left Duval in the snow, and went back to the house. As he approached he searched for a large rock or heavy object with which to kill the puppy in the most humane manner he could. The dog began to throw itself at the locked door as it heard someone approaching.〔Lewis (2013): pp. 21 - 22〕 Bozděch opened the door and found he could not kill the animal, instead picking it up and placing it next to his chest inside his flight jacket.〔Lewis (2013): p. 23〕 The trio made it into the cover of the trees, and were discovered by a party of French troops who had been sent to look for them.〔Lewis (2013): p. 28〕 They took the dog back to the base with them, where Duval was sent to the hospital. Bozděch met back up with his fellow Czech airmen in exile, who all played with the puppy. It was decided to name him Ant, after their favourite aircraft from back in Czechoslovakia.〔Lewis (2013): p. 33〕
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