Several thousand people will gather Saturday at a War Dog Memorial in California . But he now has Bluma , the war dog he adopted from Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio , Texas . The memorial is located on the grounds of Camp Pendleton, about 30 miles north of San Diego. Dogs , many of them euthanized , help to avert more than 10,000 casualties , historian estimates . In 2000 , the U.S. changed policy , setting up a military working dog adoption program .
Several thousand people will gather Saturday at a War Dog Memorial in California . The memorial is located on the grounds of Camp Pendleton, about 30 miles north of San Diego. Dogs , many of them euthanized , help to avert more than 10,000 casualties , historian estimates . In 2000 , the U.S. changed policy , setting up a military working dog adoption program .