The role animals played in some of the military actions sometimes gets buried and that is a shame. One way to get kids to pay attention to the 'lesson' on something is to get right to their heart. Dogs will do it. So will horses. Sgt Reckless is one of those lessons. This may have been posted here before but I think it's just amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIo3ZfA9da0
Pam