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The Lowell Milken Center defines Unsung Hero as:
One who has created positive change in history by improving the lives of others and has yet to be recognized. The individual impacts must have stood the test of time.
[1]The six-month-old black and white male kelpie ( Lane Ramsdell & Gunner The Dog pictured right ) was found whimpering, having suffered a broken front leg, under a destroyed mess hut at Darwin Air Force base on 19 February 1942, following the first wave of Japanese attacks on Darwin. Air Force personnel took him to a field hospital, but the doctor insisted he couldn't fix a "man" with a broken leg without knowing his name and serial number. The doctor repaired and plastered his leg after the air force personnel replied that his name was "Gunner" and his number was "0000". Gunner entered the air force on that day.Long before the sirens fsounded, Gunner would get agitated and head for shelter. Gunner's hearing was so acute he was able to warn air force personnel of approaching Japanese aircraft up to 20 minutes before they arrived and before they showed up on the radar.Gunner never performed when he heard the allied planes taking off or landing; only when he heard enemy aircraft as he could differentiate the sounds of allied from Westcott aircraft. It was reported that he found and rescued over hundred people with his sensitive, life-saving nose.( Air Raid Warden named E. King and gunner picture down) Gunner was so reliable that Wing Commander McFarlane gave approval for Westcott (Gunner with his handler Percy Westcott picture up) to sound a portable air raid siren whenever Gunner's whining or jumping alerted him.[6] Before long, there were a number of stray dogs roaming the base. McFarlane gave the order that all dogs be shot, with the exception of Gunner. 
Gunner is related to in the since that at first i wasn't wonted on the basketball team. As he wasn't wonted as a pet, But he worked hard as I did to be apart of an special organization. Gunner shows hart and bravery as I do on the court.
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Gunner the Dog
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