china coast, and our b-29's were blasting. we were in a hurry to get this cargo where it was needed. the great port of san franciscoas naturally the jumping off place for most of the stuff moving west. we were just one of the hundreds of merchant ships taking goods aboard. we were mighty proud of our brand-new victory ship. look at her name. she is one of the bunch named after american towns. do you remember? nobody aboard hailed from hannibal itself, but that didn't stop as -- us from adopting hannibal is our hometown. -- as our hometown. we began stacking our holes with freight car under frames. the longshoremen wasted no time setting it up. their job was to speed up what they called turnaround time. in other words, hustle each shift out of port as fast as possible. in war, it is the ship at sea not at the dock that counts. in the spaces between our bulky cargo, we packed russians, cops, hospital supplies like bandages and plasma, and dozens of other valuable items the boys overseas were hollering for. but this was the payoff cargo. nothing less than 84 grown railroad engines complete -- eight full grown railroad

san francisco mayor ed lee and they would like them to pressure china. >>> a little dog in the bay area helped inspire the anti- dog meat movement. kpix 5's cate caugiran has her story. >> reporter: her name is do a do a and she is one lucky dog. >> she made it over. it was a long journey. >> reporter: two years years ago she was a test dog at a school in china. when they were finished with her she was about to be sold for meat. >> she was probably a day away from being sold to a butcher and eaten. >> reporter: but good fortune shined upon her. >> we are at a turning point. >> reporter: thanks to this woman. she spotted the dog looking out a small window at the school. when she heard the dog was about to be butchered she bought the dog then brought her first by bus then by plane back to the bay area. she now lives with her best friend boomer and east bay attorney. eating dog meat is legal in china but it's unregulated and some say unsafe. a growing number of animal lovers in klein and taiwan believe it's just plain brutal. >> for all the people in china who are actively fighting against this, we stand with them. >> reporter: many of the d