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And now we have the story of our first wired president and the way that Abraham Lincoln used the telegraph to help win the Civil War.

Also, the story of when Joplin, Missouri took a direct hit from the costliest tornado in American history and how they recovered.

But first, the story of the most decorated war dog of World War I, fondly named Sergeant

Stubby.

Jeremy Swick of the College Football Hall of Fame recounts the remarkable story of the street

dog turned soldier turned mascot.

Okay. dog turned soldier turned mascot.

Sergeant Stubby of the First World War, the heroic story of America's most decorated war dog.

So who was Sergeant Stubby?

Nobody knows exactly when the dog, later known as Sergeant Stubby, was born, but it is thought to have been during the first half of the First World War.

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