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Wounded Soldier & His Injured Military Dog Awarded Purple Hearts, Reunited in Texas
Fox News ^ | Sept. 19, 2018 | Fox &friends

Posted on 09/19/2018 12:09:47 PM PDT by Innovative

A wounded Army specialist was reunited with his working dog in Texas last week after each were awarded a Purple Heart for their heroism.

Spc. Alec Alcoser and Alex, an 8-year-old German shepherd, were back together after both were badly injured in a suicide bombing last month in Afghanistan.

Alcoser was reportedly left with a multitude of broken bones from the blast and took shrapnel to 30 percent of his body. His canine companion also lost his left rear leg.

(Excerpt) Read more at insider.foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: militarydog; purpleheart; soldier
It's good that they received this recognition.

I hope both will recover fully and soon.

1 posted on 09/19/2018 12:09:47 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

Read the whole account from Fox. Then think about the behavior of General (Ret) Michael Hayden.


2 posted on 09/19/2018 12:12:10 PM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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To: Innovative

This is right and good.


3 posted on 09/19/2018 12:14:56 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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To: Innovative

Dog > democrat


4 posted on 09/19/2018 12:16:26 PM PDT by glasseye ("24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not." ~ H. L. Mencken)
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To: Innovative; All

*APPLAUSE*


5 posted on 09/19/2018 1:35:51 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Innovative

F


6 posted on 09/19/2018 1:47:31 PM PDT by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
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To: Innovative

Equating humans and dogs? Seriously?


7 posted on 09/19/2018 1:56:54 PM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as wll say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!"to)
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To: Innovative

” after each WERE awarded a Purple Heart”

Good grief! Fox can do better than that. How hard would it be to administer a sixth-grade grammar test to applicants? That’s the second headline today from Fox with a glaring error.


8 posted on 09/19/2018 2:01:19 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: raybbr

This man and the dog were heroes, they fought hard and were seriously wounded.

Also, some dogs are better than some humans.


9 posted on 09/19/2018 2:31:38 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

The good doggy would have appreciated a big fat steak more.


10 posted on 09/19/2018 3:15:41 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: bgill

So give the dog a steak too. :)


11 posted on 09/19/2018 4:13:55 PM PDT by Innovative
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