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accepting with dignity such gratuities as might be offered. After all, a dog can’t keep up his regular duties on an empty stomach! And as for flying, the sound of an airplane motor was mu- sic to Tailwheel’s ears. Moreover, he always he always managed to show up on the job whether the boys were flying off the home field, or one of the two auxiliary fields elsewhere in the Valley. How he got there and back was, again, some- thing rarely discussed and was pretty much an- other military secret.
Tailwheel was no panty-waist, they said. He could and did take the roughest sort of treat- ment and came back for more. He would take
From another class book, a bit of Tailwheel humor.
anything from a cadet or Army officer, but woe betide the civilian who ventured to get fresh with him.
To his way of thinking, War Eagle Field was a place for men in uniform and he growled his disapproval every time a civilian walked across the field. A friendly whistle or call from a ca- det would bring him scampering at once, but no amount of coaxing could lure him to the side of a civilian. For all the years Tailwheel saw those cadets come and go, he always remained true to the uniform.
Some dogs really do have a charmed life and Tailwheel was certainly one of those dogs. I
Tailwheel with some big-time fans at an auxiliary field north of Lancaster.
Courtesy photograph
Courtesy photograph
feel a bit sad to think that when the training days at War Eagle Field came to a close, his rock-star status came to an end and he lived out the rest of his life in Lancaster as a porch dog. I’m sure as he napped, sweet memories of many faces and adventures crossed his mind. It’s said that he was laid to rest somewhere around the old parade grounds at War Eagle Field, so his spirit could harken back to the days when an Army base was his personal playground and he
could connect with the spirits of all those that loved this Army Air Field Mascot. I bet, if in the still of the night a civilian walked by his final resting place, we might just hear the growl of disapproval whispered from the darkness, and we would hasten our steps so as not to tread on the legacy of one special pooch who saw young men go off to war with his special glow in their hearts.
Until next time, Bob out ...
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