Animals in War & Peace
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    • About Us
      • Who We Are
      • Supporters
    • Medals
      • About the Medals
      • Medal of Bravery
      • For Distinguished Service
      • Nomination Form
      • House Resolution 935
    • Medal Recipients
      • 2019 MOB Recipients
      • 2022 AWP Medalists
      • 2023 AWP Ceremony
    • Fundraising
    • Resolution
    • Monuments
      • Lucca K458
    • Museum
    • Videos
    • War Animals Book
    • Sgt Reckless
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • Supporters
  • Medals
    • About the Medals
    • Medal of Bravery
    • For Distinguished Service
    • Nomination Form
    • House Resolution 935
  • Medal Recipients
    • 2019 MOB Recipients
    • 2022 AWP Medalists
    • 2023 AWP Ceremony
  • Fundraising
  • Resolution
  • Monuments
    • Lucca K458
  • Museum
  • Videos
  • War Animals Book
  • Sgt Reckless
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A Site Dedicated to Our four-legged and winged heroes that have served

A Site Dedicated to Our four-legged and winged heroes that have servedA Site Dedicated to Our four-legged and winged heroes that have servedA 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!

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2023 AWP MEDAL CEREMONY - SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

We are now raising money for our Third Animals in War & Peace Medal Ceremony to be held at the Gold Room in the Rayburn House Office Building at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on March 8, 2023 (for details, click here). To learn more about the Sponsorship Opportunities for our next ceremony, please click on the file below. 

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AWP IS FEATURED IN THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS BOOK 2023!

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

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

 (Click here)

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)

2022 Animals in War & Peace Ceremony - March 9, 2022

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!


Our next ceremony will be in March 2023. We are now in the process of selecting our next set of animals heroes. See you in 2023!

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).)  


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!

Sgt Reckless Website

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