A Site Dedicated to Our four-legged and winged heroes that have served
Photo: Past recipients of the Animals in War & Peace Medal of Bravery and Distinguished Service Medals. Incredible heroes!
Animals in War & Peace is so incredibly honored by this wonderful recognition and support from GWR!
The first recipients of the Animals in War & Peace Medal of Bravery and Distinguished Service Medals
The first recipients of the Animals in War & Peace Medal of Bravery and Distinguished Service Medals
Click on the image to read more about the Inaugural Animals in War & Peace Medal of Bravery Recipients
The first recipients of the Animals in War & Peace Medal of Bravery and Distinguished Service Medals
The first recipients of the Animals in War & Peace Medal of Bravery and Distinguished Service Medals
The first recipients of the Animals in War & Peace Medal of Bravery and Distinguished Service Medals
Click on the image to read more about the first Animals in War & Peace Distinguished Service Medalists
2022 Ceremony Highlights
The 2nd Animals in War and Peace Medal Ceremony is now in the record books, and it was a resounding success!
We honored six incredible heroes - 3 for Medal of Bravery: Nemo (Vietnam War); Cairo (U.S. Navy Seal Team 6 - Osama Bin Laden raid); and MPC Ziggy (MARSOC); and 3 for the new Distinguished Service Medal : K9 Hurricane (U.S. Secret Service); Smoky (WW2, 5th Army/Air Force); and K9 Feco (Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, MSST San Francisco).
Click here to read their stories!
Click here to watch the full Ceremony!
The Nomination Process is now open for 2023 until September 30, 2022. Click here for the Nomination Forms, or email WarAnimals@yahoo.com for the application.
Group Photo Above
2022 Animals in War and Peace Medalists gather together in celebration.
They are (l-to-r) Taylor Canfield and Nico (standing in for Cairo MOB #10); Jay Wynne and Anna Wynne for Smoky (DSM #2); Sean Hemphill and Ziggy (MOB #11); Petty Officer Cory Sumner and K9 Feco (DSM #3); Brian Throneburg for Nemo A534 (MOB #9); and Marshall Mirarchi and K9 Hurricane (DSM #1).)
Medals, Monuments, MUSEUM and More!
Medal of Bravery
Read more about the Medal of Bravery and what we are doing to move forward to make this a Congressionally mandated award. (Click here)
Distinguished Service Medal
Read more about the brand new Distinguished Service Medal (Click Here)
A new Museum honoring animals that have served in war
They had no voice ... they had no choice ... but now they will be honored and remembered for generations to come. (Click here)
Lucca K458 - War Dog Monument
A beautiful monument to one of America's heroic Military Working Dogs
War Animals: The Unsung Heroes of World War II
The latest book from New York Times bestselling author, Robin Hutton, honoring the animals that served in World War II. Many animals in the book received the British award, the PDSA Dickin Medal, also known as the "Victoria Cross for Animals." These stories also inspired the new Animals in War and Peace Medal of Bravery and Distinguished Service Medal, and the International War Animals Museum. (Click here)
America's Greatest War Horse
Sgt Reckless
LIFE Magazine’s “Celebrating Our Heroes,” lists alongside George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King, a small Mongolian mare who became the greatest war hero horse in American history. Click here to learn more!