Bits O' History: Oak Knoll Imploded-- Hitler-Mocking Dog

Bits O' History-- New History about old stuff.


1. OAK KNOLL IMPLODED-- The April 8th Napa Valley (Ca) Register reports that 800 pounds of dynamite was used to implode Oak Knoll Military Hospital. It was the last of a hundred barracks, stores and other structures on the 167-acre medical complex.

It opened during World War II for Pacific casualties and also served the wounded in the Korean and Vietnam wars. It was decommissioned in 2005 and will become a residential development.

Before it was a hospital, it was a golf course and country club.


2. HITLER-MOCKING DOG-- The Jan. 8th Boston.com reported on a dog that really got the Nazis goat during World War II. They even started a campaign against Jackie's owner Tor Borg of Finland. It seems that, on command, Jackie would raise his foot in a German salute to Der Fuhrer. Some recently-found Nazi documents pertained to the case.

Now, You Know. --Cooter