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1946: The Cat Who Broke Rank with the Dogs of Operation Bow-Wow

Posted: 31st May 2013 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Featured Felines
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On February 20, 1946, the Liberty ship SS Warren P. Marks arrived at Chelsea Piers (Pier 60) on the Hudson River carrying 81 dogs and “one live cat from Bremerhaven, Germany.” The dogs and cat had all been obtained overseas during World War II by American soldiers who wanted to keep them as pets back home.