- Sadie
Sadie, a black
Labrador Retriever , is a 2007 recipient of theDickin Medal (the animal equivalent of theVictoria Cross ). Sadie was awarded the medal for finding a bomb planted underneath sandbags, yards from where a suicide car bombing had earlier killed a German soldier outside theUnited Nation s headquarters inKabul inNovember 2005 . Sadie became the 25th canine recipient of the medal, which she received from Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra.Military service
Sadie served in Bosnia,
Iraq , andAfghanistan and is part of the 102 Military Working Dog Support Unit of theRoyal Army Veterinary Corps based inSennelager ,Germany . [cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/27/wsadie27.xml|title= Animal VC for Sadie, the heroine of Kabul]References
ee also
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List of Labradors
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