To: MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; TEXOKIE; Alamo-Girl; windchime; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; ...
A tiger-striped Iraqi kitten that wiggled its way into the hearts of a U.S. Army unit has made its way to the United States, thanks to a host of volunteers and two animal welfare groups. Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, dubbed the tiny ball of fur that wandered into their tent early last fall "Pfc. Hammer."
Adopted by the troops, the young cat provided warmth and companionship in an otherwise hostile environment. When the unit was attacked by mortar fire, Hammer ran to the bunkers, where the nearest soldier scooped him inside his body armor to wait out the attack.
"You'd come in off raids where we'd been kicking in doors and guys would be sitting outside by themselves. He'd come over and take their minds off the war."
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Warm and fuzzy, ping!
2 posted on
04/24/2004 3:17:29 PM PDT by
Ragtime Cowgirl
("Evil is out there, and evil wishes to attack us." - Lt. Gen. J Vines, commander, 18th Airborne Corp)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
What a cutie PFC Hammer is!
"He stayed and kept mice out of our living quarters and out of our dining facility."
Hard worker too!
6 posted on
04/24/2004 3:24:40 PM PDT by
ride the whirlwind
(We can't let Kerry win - an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
"Prior to leaving the region, the cat was neutered"I guess it's true.
Freedom isn't free.
23 posted on
04/24/2004 4:25:07 PM PDT by
Luis Gonzalez
(Sin Pátria, pero sin amo.)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl; radu
A great story ~ it warms this old cat lover's heart!
25 posted on
04/24/2004 4:28:39 PM PDT by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Georgeous creature. I was going to say the cat looks like the cats in ancient Egyptian art and here it turns out that the cat IS Egyptian.
27 posted on
04/24/2004 4:43:53 PM PDT by
McGavin999
(Evil thrives when good men do nothing.)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Definite warm and fuzzy story....................
42 posted on
04/24/2004 5:25:12 PM PDT by
Gabz
(Those people with no honor have no idea how to treat honorable people.)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl; sciencediet
What a great story.
Reminds me of this picture I found a while back.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Pfc. Hammer.....winning hearts and minds!
108 posted on
04/26/2004 11:22:56 AM PDT by
windchime
(Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
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