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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo.—More than five months, 8,000 miles and countless prayers led up to an unlikely reunion Dec. 2. Tech. Sgt. Jamie Dana and Maj. Paul Morton first ‘met’ June 25 on a hot summer day in Kirkuk, Iraq, that Major Morton described simply as chaotic. In contrast, the two met again Dec. 2 on a cold winter day in the relative calm of the Black Forest Animal Sanctuary in Monument, Colo. Five months ago, Sergeant Dana, a former 21st Security Forces Squadron dog handler here, hovered near the edge of death after taking the brunt of an...