Check my other channel Biographics! https://w→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut The Exploding Anti-Tank Dogs of World War II https://youtu.be/9n-JyUV1gzo?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2yEk58fgohft2Z1nhcmwis Dogs and Cats are Typically Right or Left Pawed https://youtu.be/TR6qvEcfaQw?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2yEk58fgohft2Z1nhcmwis In this video: When he was a puppy in 1917, Stubby was wandering around the fields of Yale University. Private Robert J. Conroy was undergoing military training in the area at the time, and found the little dog with a short tail who he decided to name Stubby. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/02/sergeant-stubby-decorated-dog-wwi/ Sources: http://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/collection/object.asp?ID=15 http://www.governorsfootguard.com/stubby/ http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/sergeant_stubby.htm http://www.ct.gov/mil/cwp/view.asp?a=1351&q=257892 http://www.ct.gov/mil/cwp/view.asp?a=1351&q=257958 Image Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sergeant_Stubby.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stubby_in_his_great_coat.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_in_World_War_I#/media/File:At_close_grips2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sergeant_Stubby_2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gen._John_Pershing_awards_Sergeant_Stubby_with_a_medal.jpg https://www.goodfreephotos.com/historical-battles/world-war-i/french-soldiers-make-gas-and-flame-attack-on-german-trenches-in-world-war-i.jpg.php https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sg_Stubby.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/angells60640/3518163227 https://www.flickr.com/photos/publicresourceorg/493947434 Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com.