DEVOTED ALLIES OF MANKIND 



These dogs carry food and messages between the solitary sentinels and their base camps 

 in the Alps. Often the path is destroyed by avalanches, but the intelligent animals find the 

 best way down by instinct and seldom fail in their mission. 



Photograph* from Comando Supremo. Italian Army 

 A KIM) CROSS UNIT OX THE ITALIAN FRONT 



The Italians are very appreciative of the work done by the Red Cross and several of its 



members have been decorated by the Italian Government for acts of especial bravery 



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