These are the Service Dogs Sponsored by
"Friends of America's VetDogs" Since 2015...


BALLARD
     
FLORENCE
      
MADDY
      
NAVAJO
      
PEPI
  
RUBY




 
 
 
 
  
 

  
 

 
     
COL Donald Ballard
US Navy Medic - Vietnam
Jumped on live grenade
saving 3 US Marines
"Medal of Honor"
 LT Florence Evans
US Army nurse - WW II
Sayville Native
Only L.I. female to be
killed in action during WW II
 Madeline Eldred
Oakdale resident
Greatly responsible for our
first successful
VetDog fundraiser 
 Navajo Code Talkers 
U.S.M.C Unit credited with
developing secret code which
ended WW II in Pacific sooner
saving tens of thousands of lives
   Giuseppe A. Nigro
L.I. Philanthropist
who assisted numerous
area Veterans for decades
   COL Ruby Bradley
US Army Nurse-WW II & Korea
Nearly killed twice while saving
others - Most highly decorated
female in US Army history 		  

SARGE
     
SAYVILLE
      
SULLY
      
WEBBER
      
BRADY
  
JENNIFER




 
 
 
 
    
  
 
 
     
GY/SGT John Basilone
US Marine Corps - WW II
"Medal of Honor"
Killed in action while saving others
 The Sayville Community
For their generous support
every year
 Captain Chesley Sullenberger
US Air Force
Used his Military flying skills to save all
aboard his "Miracle on the Hudson" Jet		 CWO Bernie Webber 
US Coast Guard
Carried out the greatest
small boat rescue in Coast
Guard history saving 32 lives		   L/CPL Brady "Goose" Gustafson
US Marine Corps - OEF/Afghanistan
Despite near fatal injuries
single-handedly saved the lives of 
20 fellow Marines
   Captain
Jennifer M. Moreno
US Army Nurse - OEF/Afghanistan
Killed in action while attempting
to save the life of a
mortally wounded fellow US Ranger		  

JACKSON
     
KELLEY
      
NORRIS
      
THORNTON
      
ANNABELLE
  
SHARON




 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
      
COL Joe Madison Jackson
US Air Force - Vietnam
Medal of Honor Recipient
Conducted near suicide mission
saving the lives of 3 US Soldiers
 Captain
Thomas Gunning Kelley
US Navy - Vietnam
Medal of Honor Recipient
Despite near fatal injuries, 
saved lives of dozens of others
 Lt Thomas R. Norris 
US Navy SEAL - Vietnam
Medal of Honor Recipient
For unprecedented ground rescue
of two downed US Navy Pilots
 Lt Michael E. Thornton
US Navy SEAL - Vietnam
Medal of Honor Recipient
"Against All Odds of Survival"
rescued his SEAL Commander
trapped behind enemy lines
   Women's Reservist 
Annabelle Weiss
U.S.M.C Women's Reservist - WW II
Devoted her life to defending USA
despite duty related cancers
Continued to serve for decades
as a registered nurse		   1st Lieutenant
Sharon Lane
US Army Nurse - Vietnam
Volunteered for front line post
Killed in Action while attempting
to save her patients during a
mortar and artillery assault
  

BYERS
     
KETTLES
      
DEWEY
      
JAY
      
BONES
    




 
 
 

 
 
 
 
      
Master Chief Edward C Byers Jr.
US Navy SEAL- Afghanistan
Medal of Honor recipient
Stormed Taliban base "In the face of
certain death" to rescue MD about to be
executed
 LT COL Charles Kettles
US Army Chopper Pilot- Vietnam
Medal of Honor recipient
Flew four "suicide" missions
through intense enemy fire to save
44 trapped soldiers
 Corporal Duane Edgar Dewey
U.S.M.C - Korea
Medal of Honor recipient
Despite critical injuries rolled
over onto live grenade to save the
medic treating him + 10 Marines		 Colonel Jay R. Vargas 
U.S.M.C - Vietnam
Medal of Honor recipient
Despite critical injuries
overtook key enemy outpost to 
rescue his trapped commander		   Staff SGT
Louis "Bones" Bonacasa
US Air Force - Afghanistan
Killed in action saving his troops
Intentionally positioned himself
between a suicide bomber and his
men to protect them from blast		       

SKIP
     
MAC
      
SUNRISE
      
DESMOND
     
FRENCH
     
CARLL
     












 

 
 
 
 
 
 
YEOMAN PRESTON "SKIP" FIELDEN II
U.S.NAVY SILENT SERVICE-ARCTIC OCEAN
SERVED ABOARD SUBMARINE
USS MADISON DURING THE "COLD WAR".
ALSO WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF
"FRIENDS of AMERICA'S VET DOGS"


S/SGT. LAWRENCE "MAC" McMAHON
U S M C - VIETNAM
KILLED BY ENEMY FIRE HOURS
AFTER STOPPING TO ASSIST A
LOCAL WOMAN GIVING BIRTH IN A
COMBAT ZONE, SAVING THE BABY
SUNRISE VILLAGE RESIDENTS
FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND
GENEROSITY ASSISTING OUR GROUP IN
SPONSORING MULTIPLE SERVICE DOGS
CORPORAL DESMOND T. DOSS
U S ARMY MEDIC - WORLD WAR 2
MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT
SAVED OVER 75 INJURED SOLDIERS
UNDER HEAVY FIRE WHILE UNARMED
P/O CHARLES JACKSON FRENCH
U S NAVY - WORLD WAR 2
SWAM THROUGH SHARK INFESTED
WATERS FOR 8+ HOURS TOWING A LIFE
RAFT TO SAVE 15 INJURED SAILORS
PRIVATE DAVID CARLL
U S ARMY - CIVIL WAR
DESPERATELY WANTED TO FIGHT FOR
USA AND ENLISTED ON THE FIRST DAY
BLACK MEN WERE ALLOWED TO SERVE