The Secret Dog Training Mission on Cat Island, Mississippi During WWII

Thanks for sharing an interesting episode of history SGT John " Mac " McConnell. Even though we fought against the German Nazis who took social Darwinism to its logical conclusion - termed the final solution which thankfully was not completely final.
The old saying, you are what you eat bears some truth in that what we eat consistently affects our scent. Those of us who have spent significant time in foreign lands have smelled the difference between the locals and those who are not from that area - especially when the foods consumed are radically different.
Back in Japan many consumed rice and fish; however, in the jungle areas especially the diet was varied and included anything that could be trapped.
In hindsight, it might have made more sense to train the dogs to attack individuals wearing Japanese combat uniforms.
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I don't believe his theory about sense was entirely wrong. However he was not using the right Japanese, they should have used POW captured in Vietnam. The smell of ones body is not determined by race but origin in which you live, what you eat, the climate etc. I also think the wrong dogs were used for the project. Wolf hybrids, though dangerous to their handlers as well have a greater distinctive recognition then domestic dogs regardless of breeding purpose. I have done hydrid rescue for years, and I noticed one cub in particular picked up a certain smell on our property that all other demestic dogs missed.
We had a bobcat that had been living in a patch of blackberry pushes for over 5 years. He cost me a lot of smaller livestock. But since all my dogs were made to get familiar with my livestock regardless of aggression and impulse all other dogs missed the smell of this bobcat as it smelled no different then the property. This is why animals role in feces, diets and sand. To cover their intrusive foreign smell so as to not give their presents away to other territorial predators. Wolves and hybrids are able to pick up the hidden smell better then domestic dogs.

These were my last rescues I did. They were rescued from a Russian kid who thought it would be cool to own a wolf hybrid and a malamute/husky hybrid! He found shortly after the maintenance the cub needed and decided to neglect them. Sierra was starved to almost bones and fur and the Rocky had sustained some serious head injury damaging one of his eyes. Sierra was my cub and at 92% wolf. I knew the breeder so getting her parents lineage wasn't going to be difficult. She was an amazing cub, but unfortunately died at six months Fromm her injuries. Because she was starved as a cub, her stomach wasn't able to tell her when she was full. And one of my volunteers left her in the open yard too long and she ended up eating herself to death! She at her food, Rockies food, two chairs and God only knows what else till she could no longer move and her stomach exploded.
But she went right for the bobcats little thicket patch and tore him to shreds! But she never bothered my moms property cats.
So I do believe it can be done, but with the right circumstances and hybrid breeds. Just my thoughts on the subject though. Great video SGT John.

Very good video and information SGT John " Mac " McConnell