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Petition drive begins over heroic combat dog Rex
Wall Street Journal ^
| March 14, 2012
| AP
Posted on 03/14/2012 12:01:50 PM PDT by Altariel
ALBANY, N.Y. — An online petition drive is under way to reunite a former Marine corporal with the combat dog she was injured with in Iraq.
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says Cpl. Megan Leavey of Rockland County was injured along with military dog Rex while trying to disarm an explosive in Iraq in 2006. Leavey earned a Purple Heart and a Combat Valor Medal and spent a year recovering with Rex.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dog; doggieping; meganleavey; rex
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posted on
03/14/2012 12:01:54 PM PDT
by
Altariel
To: Altariel
My beloved Corps is without a doubt the MOST PR savvy of all the branches of the US military, but every once in a while they really, REALLY, manage to screw the pooch...(sorry, couldn’t resist..)
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posted on
03/14/2012 12:04:22 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(The ONLY reason to support Mitt: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir will appear at the WH each Christmas)
To: Joe 6-pack
WOOF
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posted on
03/14/2012 12:15:52 PM PDT
by
moose07
(The truth will out, one day.)
To: Altariel; USMCWife6869; Indy Pendance; Still German Shepherd; dervish; Kozak; Joe 6-pack; ...
More info on Rex the beautiful war Shepherd.
GERMAN SHEPHERD PING LIST
This is a low-volume list………so don’t worry!
(Please Freep-mail me if you’d like to be on or off the list.)
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posted on
03/14/2012 1:24:25 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; Shannon; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; ...
WOOOF!
The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.
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posted on
03/14/2012 1:33:10 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Altariel
Wow.. This is about the only thing Chuckles has ever done right!
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posted on
03/14/2012 1:45:28 PM PDT
by
DivineMomentsOfTruth
("Give me Liberty or I'll stand up and get it for myself!")
To: DivineMomentsOfTruth
Must be one of those stopped clock things.
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posted on
03/14/2012 4:04:42 PM PDT
by
Altariel
("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
To: Altariel
Ah, that is good news. I read that she may have been put down. Thanks to U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer.
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posted on
03/14/2012 5:19:31 PM PDT
by
Bronzy
(Send a NEWTron to Obama!)
To: Altariel
Pretty girl, good luck to her!
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