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June 06, 2009
Operation Baghdad Pups!
Operation Baghdad Pups began with an email received on September 11, 2007. The desperate words of the U.S. soldier serving in Iraq told of his desire to get the dog, Charlie, he and his regiment had befriended out of the Middle East before their tour of duty ended. Because it is against regulations for troops to befriend an animal or transport one on a military flight, the likelihood of the determined soldiers succeeding alone seemed doubtful.
Members of this Army regiment discovered the dog earlier that summer while patrolling a dangerous neighborhood on the outskirts of Baghdad. The malnourished and flea covered puppy, no bigger than a baked potato, was scooped up by a soldier who felt sorry for the pitiful orphan. Hidden in a tattered blanket, the puppy was snuck onto the Coalition Outpost. As the soldiers took turns secretly caring for the puppy the strong bond between man and dog grew.
“Taking care of Charlie gave me something to look forward to everyday,” one soldier explained. “When all the guys got to playing with him we forgot where we were, the horrible things we had seen, and what we still had to go through. Charlie definitely made our time in Iraq more bearable. He was like a welcomed piece of home right here in the midst of Baghdad.”
Abandoning Charlie in this war ravaged country, consumed in hatred and destruction, would have meant certain death for him. “We all made him a promise that we would not give up. We’d find a way somehow to get him to a better life in the states,” the soldier wrote in that first email.
H/T * Stix blog
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Wild Thing's comment......
Gosh I love animals so much. I could not watch this without crying. I can only imagine ihow much a dog or a cat mean to a servicie man or women especially when they are in country. What a HUGE difference in makes for that next day to come and the bond between them.
I have read where when animals are brought into a nursing home it is so much better and it even helps the health of those elderly living there. I believe it.
Remember awhile back when I posted about this Marine and his dog from Iraq. Here is a newer vidoe of the two of them.
Nubs,the Iraqi dog, rescued by a Marine fighter pilot has landed in the Bay Area for some well-earned R & R.
Posted by Wild Thing at June 6, 2009 07:47 AM
Comments
It is always sad to have to leave them behind.
Posted by: TomR at June 6, 2009 07:24 PM
Tom, I think so too. American troops are
so loving with animals and the way they
are not only fighting the war, but also
saving the lives of the children of the
fur ( what I call them), is so loving and
wonderful.
Posted by: Wild Thing at June 7, 2009 12:21 AM
