The Marine Corps' Dogs Are Always Faithful, Too -- McClatchy News
RALEIGH, N.C.: The story of Lex is a dog tale with a different twist.
Lex is a 9-year-old German shepherd who was a U.S. Marine stationed in Iraq as part of a two-member team trained to locate explosives.
On March 21, 2007, in Fallujah, Lex and his handler, 20-year-old Corp. Dustin Jerome Lee of Quitman, Miss., were on patrol when an enemy rocket-propelled grenade exploded nearby. Lex, who received several shrapnel wounds, had to be dragged away from his master's dead body by corpsmen who were trying to treat Lee.
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My Comment: A dog is always your best friend .... in the Marines .... even more so.
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