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A Day with the Wolfhounds [2017] Social Media clean
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Print By Katie Lange
DoD News, Defense Media Activity
The Army’s 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment is known for being fierce on the battlefield. But the unit famously known as the “Wolfhounds” also has a softer side.
Four children from a Japanese orphanage are set to arrive Monday [24 July 2017] in Hawaii, where they’ll stay with Wolfhound host families for about two weeks. During that time, the kids will get to play at the beach, tour local attractions and experience life as a soldier, complete with a meal at the Wolfhounds’ mess hall and a chance to try out the unit’s course.
While the kids have never experienced this before, the Wolfhounds certainly have. This is actually the 60th year they’ve done this, making it one of the longest-standing traditions with civilians in the history of the Army. And it sprang from another tradition of compassion that began shortly after World War II…
Read the entire story at: http://www.dodlive.mil/2017/07/21/unbreakable-bonds-how-a-wolfhound-tradition-got-started/
27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds" Orphan Visit- Opening Ceremony [2017]
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/540018/27th-infantry-regiment-wolfhounds-orphan-visit-opening-ceremony
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| Date Taken: | 07.27.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 07.28.2017 01:56 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 540689 |
| VIRIN: | 170727-F-TK001-804 |
| Filename: | DOD_104655062 |
| Length: | 00:02:02 |
| Location: | SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, US |
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