Run, Joe, Run

I never saw this show but used to watch The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin on Saturday mornings during the 1950's, that's the one with the cavalry out of Fort Apache, and have had 6 German Shepherds in my lifetime so I'll give it 8 stars just for that. First, the premise is all wrong. The German Shepherds that served in Vietnam did not come back. They were considered to be expendable equipment and stayed there. When we withdrew, what remained of them (Army Scout Dogs and Air Force Sentry Dogs) were left behind. Pathetic. There was even a movie about this disregard for the dogs by the military. Second, there was a TV series that originally ran from 1963-1965 called The Littlest Hobo that had a similar theme with a reverse mask German Shepherd (a white rather than black muzzled dog played by a dog named London) who wandered across the country helping people in need. Third, the dog that played Joe was never credited, but his stunt double was the German Shepherd who later played the role of Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood.