That dog was Smoky the Yorkie, a 4-pound, 7-inch-tall Yorkshire Terrier. Perhaps she was a little more bombproofed than most urban pooches to begin with, since she was found already inside a war zone.

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At the time, Smoky was likely the only Yorkshire Terrier in all of New Guinea, Lewis says. The two women quickly discerned that Christmas was Smoky.

On top is a bronze Yorkshire terrier named Smoky, nestled inside a life size World War II Army helmet. The sculpture resembles a photograph taken by the dog's owner, 89-year-old veteran Bill Wynne.

Bill Wynne holds Smoky, the Yorkshire terrier he adopted in the Philippines while serving with the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

Smoky, Cpl. William A. Wynne's Yorkshire Terrier, prepares to run a communications wire through a pipe during the construction of an airfield in the Philippines during World War II.

This tiny Yorkie named Smoky, owned by the late Bill Wynne of Cleveland, is the first dog to be honored with the Animals in War & Peace Distinguished Service Medal. She was recognized for her ...

A Purple Cross Award will be posthumously presented to Smoky, a war dog of World War II who later came to Cleveland, on Dec. 11 at the Rocky River Library.

Bill Wynne served in World War II for three years. While in New Guinea, he came across a tiny Yorkshire terrier named Smoky.

SMOKY THE BRAVE: HOW A FEISTY YORKSHIRE TERRIER BECAME A MASCOT AND A COMRADE IN ARMS DURING WORLD WAR II By Damien Lewis DaCapo Press, $28, 320 pages Permit an admission of bias at the outset. I ...

Smoky even flew 12 combat missions with him while Wynne’s unit was stationed on Biak Island with the 3rd Air Rescue Squadron.