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.

He later wrote a book about Smoky called Yorkie Doodle Dandy. There are six memorials in the U.S. honoring Smoky, including one at the AKC Museum of the Dog and an international monument in ...