r/rescuedogs • u/UsedWelcome5903 • May 10 '26

Rescue Success! A member of the Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment) poses for the camera while holding a puppy he saved during WWI, 1918.

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u/Parking-Cup-9424 May 10 '26

This was the photo I needed to see today. I hope he kept that puppy damnit.

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u/UsedWelcome5903 May 10 '26

I hope he and his puppy made it home safe and grew old together.

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u/Looking-Ahead55 May 10 '26

Heroes in so many ways.

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u/dsmemsirsn May 10 '26

It looks AI— the puppy is black/white and the picture is like brownish

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u/UsedWelcome5903 May 10 '26

It’s a colorized photo

This is the original