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The extraordinary tale of friendship and survival between a man and a dog in war. AN UNCOMMON BOND tells the remarkable story of Royal Air Force technician Frank Williams and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met in an internment camp during WWII. Judy was a fiercely loyal animal who sensed danger and instinctively mistrusted anyone in enemy uniform. Their relationship deepened throughout their imprisonment. The prisoners suffered severe beatings which Judy would interrupt with her barking. The dog became a beacon for the men, who saw in her survival a flicker of hope for their own. Judy was the wars only canine POW, and when she passed away in 1950, she was buried in her Air Force jacket. Williams would never own another dog. Their story-of an unbreakable bond forged in the worst circumstance-is one of the great undiscovered sagas of World War II.;Intro; Title Page; Welcome; Dedication; Epigraph; A Note to the Reader; Prologue; Chapter 1: Mascot; Chapter 2: Dog Overboard; Chapter 3: Shore Leave; Chapter 4: War; Chapter 5: Amour; Chapter 6: War Dogs; Chapter 7: Frank; Chapter 8: Force Z; Chapter 9: Flight; Chapter 10: Day of Destruction-February 14, 1942; Chapter 11: Posic; Chapter 12: Pompong; Chapter 13: Sumatra; Chapter 14: Padang; Chapter 15: Imprisoned; Chapter 16: Gloegoer; Chapter 17: POW #81-A; Chapter 18: Subterfuge; Chapter 19: Hell Ship; Chapter 20: Reunion; Chapter 21: Pakan Baroe; Chapter 22: Pig Face and King Kong.

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Weintraub combines a gritty war story with a warm dog storyreaders who like both will think they have gone to heaven. Where he truly excels, though, is in finding the human dramas, some painful and some inspiring, that figured in Judys saga.

Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe

The most inspiring true-life account Ive ever read of a human-animal bond. I know this summary makes No Better Friend sound like a canine version of Unbroken. And as a dog lover, I say what could be better than that?

Maureen Corrigan, National Public Radios Fresh Air

This is the best dog book since the ber-bestselling Marley & Me. But this is no fluffy little dog story. This is a book that will appeal to history buffseven those who dont love dogs.

Linda Wilson Fuoco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

No Better Friend personifies the relationship we all aspire to have with our dogs, and takes us on a harrowing journey to a place and time lost in the history books. A must-read for every dog or animal lover.

Robin Hutton, author of Sgt. Reckless: Americas War Horse

We may have a bestseller on our hands with this carefully reported saga. The narrative of their survival thoroughly won over both readers who ordinarily shun animal stories and those who generally prefer to avoid reading books about war.

Elles Lettres Readers Prize

In his new book, masterful storyteller Robert Weintraub delivers a spellbinding narrative that reclaims the lost history of two most unlikely heroes: a dog named Judy and fellow soldier Frank. Not only a testament to animal intelligence, and a much overdue account of canine sacrifice and service, No Better Friend is also an unforgettable read. Soaring and gracefullike Hillenbrands Unbroken and SeabiscuitWeintraubs latest is the stuff of which Hollywood blockbusters are built.

Mim Eichler Rivas, author of Beautiful Jim Key: The Lost History of a Horse and a Man Who Changed the World

From Shanghai and the Yangtze River to the prison camps of Sumatra, the indomitable English pointer Judy proves to be not only a survivor but an inspiration to those who knew her during the ravages of the war in the Pacific. Robert Weintraub provides a meticulous chronicle of the strength and will to survive of both man and dog.

Lisa Rogak, author of Angry Optimist and The Dogs of War

Robert Weintraub captures the beauty and power of friendship and loyalty between man and animal in this captivating narrative. Wed all be lucky to have a dog like Judy by our sides in our darkest times.

Cate Lineberry, author of The Secret Rescue

By turns harrowing and heartwarming.

William Hageman, Chicago Tribune

An unusual and moving story of a singular hero among fellow POWs of the Japanese during World War II: a loyal English pointer named Judy. With bite and substance, Slate columnist Weintraub chronicles Judys incredible life. Weintraubs research on the prisoners experiences in the camps is remarkable as he narrates Judy and Franks heroic tale.

Kirkus Reviews

Exceptionally well researched and engaging. No Better Friend is an inspiring story, and one that both dog lovers and history buffs will embrace.

Deborah Hopkinson, BookPage

The Victory Season

The House That Ruth Built

For my family, in particular my mother, the first (and still foremost) Judy in my life

Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you dont have the strength.

Theodore Roosevelt

Multiple place-names are referred to or spelled the way they were during World War II, and have changed since. This is the case for some large places on the maps, such as Siam (now Thailand), as well as several small ones, such as the cities, towns, and villages in Sumatra, most of which are spelled slightly differently today.

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T he two friends huddled close together, each of them the others saving grace in a world gone to hell.

It was June 26, 1944. The friends were prisoners of war, having been held by the Japanese on the remote, mostly forgotten island of Sumatra since early 1942. They were now crammed into the hold of a ship, the SS Van Waerwijck, that the Japanese were using to transport POWs from one camp to another. The hold was several feet below the surface of the South China Sea, and the men crushed together on the floor were desperately trying to breathe in the fetid air. The temperature hovered near one hundred degrees. The pair of buddies had managed to gain purchase on a ledge near a porthole, which provided a hint of relief from the airless void below. But the slow crawl along the Sumatran coast elongated the amount of time they spent in the punishing heat.

Both were painfully thin, suffering from malnourishment throughout their two years of captivity. They had been reduced to eating rats and snakes to stay alive. Diseases like malaria and beriberi stalked them every day. They suffered frequent beatings and threats of death. They were sent on brutally hard, often pointless work details and endured the kinds of situations that caused horrible feelings of depression, abandonment, and apathy in even the strongest-minded of prisoners.

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