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Peer Review: A88037148 - Smoky: Yorkshire Terrier War Heroine
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Started conversation Sep 23, 2023
Entry: Smoky: Yorkshire Terrier War Heroine - A88037148
Author: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor - U1590784
September's Post challenge is 'Dogs of War'. I stumbled across this one and was delighted by the book. I hope you enjoy the story of Smoky the Yorkie.
A88037148 - Smoky: Yorkshire Terrier War Heroine
SashaQ - happysad Posted Sep 24, 2023
Lovely
The phrase '£2 Australian' hides a story, though...
"An adventurous journey later" - that's another compact story! How did they get out of the desert?
That is a surprising footnote!
Excellent Entry, and great image
A88037148 - Smoky: Yorkshire Terrier War Heroine
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Sep 24, 2023
They ran into some motel owners who offered to hire them to run the motel. They said no, but the motel owners had another motel they could stay at in LA. It was quite an adventure, but a bit much for the entry.
A88037148 - Smoky: Yorkshire Terrier War Heroine
SashaQ - happysad Posted Mar 28, 2024
I am still curious about why Bill Wynne paid for Smoky in Australian Pounds rather than US Dollars, though
A88037148 - Smoky: Yorkshire Terrier War Heroine
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Mar 28, 2024
It was the middle of World War II? They got paid in Australian pounds? They were required to use local currency? They'd been on leave and still had Australian currency, which they could use on leave?
I have no idea. That's just my guess. I cannot find out whether the US soldiers were paid in US currency and then had to exchange it, or whether they were paid in local currency wherever they were to facilitate their adding to the economy.
All I can find is that fights broke out between Australian and US soldiers because the US soldiers got paid about twice as much, and therefore got more dates with the local girls. (Look up 'Battle of Brisbane'.)
A88037148 - Smoky: Yorkshire Terrier War Heroine
Bluebottle Posted Mar 28, 2024
Hence Tommy Trinder's well-known description of GIs as "Over-sexed, over paid and over here" (or Down Under, as in this case)...
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A88037148 - Smoky: Yorkshire Terrier War Heroine
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Mar 28, 2024
That's it. I did find that they sometimes got paid in pounds in the UK, but I don't know about Australia - that might have been the case there, as well. There were huge numbers of troops there during the war, and from 12,000-15,000 Australian women married US soldiers.
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Peer Review: A88037148 - Smoky: Yorkshire Terrier War Heroine
- 1: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Sep 23, 2023)
- 2: SashaQ - happysad (Sep 24, 2023)
- 3: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Sep 24, 2023)
- 4: SashaQ - happysad (Mar 28, 2024)
- 5: Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor (Mar 28, 2024)
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