After Stubby died, he was stuffed and mounted (actually, his skin was placed over a plaster cast, and the rest of him was cremated and placed inside the cast), and was lent to the Red Cross Museum where he was on display for many years.

Did Sgt Stubby actually salute?

He learned the bugle calls, the drills, and even a modified dog salute as he put his right paw on his right eyebrow when a salute was executed by his fellow soldiers. Stubby had a positive effect on morale, and was allowed to remain in the camp, even though animals were forbidden.

Was Sgt Stubby a pitbull?

Sergeant Stubby was a stray bull terrier mix who, in 1917, wandered onto a military training lot in New Haven, Connecticut. There he met Private J. Robert Conroy, a young man in whose company he would travel the world, save lives, and become famous.