Tough All Over

Like any U.S. family with a loved one in service, the Joseph Riedwigs of Monroe, Wis. wanted their Mickey home. He had been mustered into the Army in 1943, had well over two years of conscientious service to his country, enough for 32 discharge points, although he never got overseas. The Riedwigs wrote to the War Department, but to no purpose.

The matter went to Wisconsin's Congressman Lawrence Smith. Still no luck--Mickey had served so well at training centers that the War Department considered him "essential" to the 49th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon at Camp Butner, N.C.

Last week, as dogs returned from overseas and became available as replacements, the brass hats finally agreed to demobilize Mickey, a German shepherd, from the K-9 Corps. But he has been trained all this time to obey only one person. This week, at Fort Royal, Va., Mickey was being "de-agitated" and reoriented so that the Riedwigs could safely have him home again.

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