Soldier, wife try to get puppy out of war zone in Afghanistan
January 3, 2010 6:35:04 pm | by Suzanne Perez Tobias The Wichita Eagle | Wichita Paws |
Sgt. Lucas May holds Bella at his base in Afghanistan. She wandered onto the base, and the soldiers refrained from naming her until they had permission to keep her. May is a National Guardsman from Valley Center.
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Sgt. Lucas May holds Bella at his base in Afghanistan. She wandered onto the base, and the soldiers refrained from naming her until they had permission to keep her. May is a National Guardsman from Valley Center.
About a month ago, a tiny mixed-breed puppy wandered onto Sgt. Lucas May's camp in Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan.
Knowing it was against military rules to keep local animals as pets, May hesitated to feed or pet the pup. But her brown eyes and floppy ears were hard to resist.
A few days later, May, a member of the Kansas Army National Guard, called his wife in Valley Center.
"He said, 'We found this dog, and we want to see if we can get permission to rescue her,' " Amanda May said. "He loves dogs, and he knows how much I love dogs.
"I told him, 'We'll do everything we can to bring her home.' "
Read more: http://wichitapaws.com/article/6664&pt=Soldier,-wife-try-to-get-puppy-out-of-war-zone-in-Afghanistan#ixzz0bbXrWoAr
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