Billy Thomason of Georgetown rode a wheeled training wagon exercise his sled dogs in January 1947. Thomason, 28, who was an Army sergeant in World War II, spent 40 months as a dog trainer in the Army’s K-9 Corps, and when he was discharged, he was able to bring six dogs home with him. Two of the dogs, including lead dog Tuffy, a white Siberian husky, and Traveler, a white Eskimo, helped evacuate soldiers from the area of the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. The building in the background was Garth High School in Georgetown. Published in the Lexington Herald on Jan. 3, 1947. Herald-Leader Archive Photo