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Marine Corps Mascot Looks Like the Average Drill Instructor 1922

In 1922 A bulldog was inducted into the United States Marine Corps by General Smedley Butler as a result of the Germans of WWI giving the Marines the name "Teufel-Hunden" or Devil Dogs. The dog was promoted to Sgt shortly thereafter and was named Sergeant Jiggs. He was promoted to Sergeant Major. This first of a succession of bulldogs died in 1927 and was buried with full military honors at Quantico, Virginia.

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Title: Marine Corps Mascot Looks Like the Average Drill Instructor 1922

Caption: In 1922 A bulldog was inducted into the United States Marine Corps by General Smedley Butler as a result of the Germans of WWI giving the Marines the name "Teufel-Hunden" or Devil Dogs. The dog was promoted to Sgt shortly thereafter and was named Sergeant Jiggs. He was promoted to Sergeant Major. This first of a succession of bulldogs died in 1927 and was buried with full military honors at Quantico, Virginia.

Category: UIG HISTORY

Credit: Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive/UIG

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Image size: 3587 × 4456 px | 45.7 MB

Print size: 30.4 × 37.7 cm | 1412.2 × 1754.3 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 1922 • 1ST WORLD WAR • BULLDOG • BUTLER • FIRST WORLD WAR • HUNDEN • I WORLD WAR • JIGGS • MAJOR-DOMO (BUTLER) • MARINE • MARINES • MASCOT • QUANTICO • SERGEANT • SGT. • SMEDLEY • TEUFEL • UIG HISTORY • USMC • WORLD WAR 1 • WORLD WAR I (1914-18) • WORLD WAR I • WORLD WAR ONE • WWI