Army veteran memorializes lives, contributions of war dogs
Veterans Voices
by: Joe LaFurgey
Posted: Oct 28, 2021 / 12:34 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 28, 2021 / 06:06 PM EDT
LYON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — In any veterans cemetery, the headstones tell stories of heroics, honor and sacrifice for our country.
At a cemetery on the east side of the state, the headstones belong to some of the hero dogs that have served alongside their human handlers.
One of them is Shaman, the military working dog assigned to guard Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein after he was captured during 2003’s Operation Red Dawn.
Another is Emperor. Assigned to a SEAL team, his original handler was killed during a raid in which Emperor was stabbed but survived. He later was retrained for a new mission as a service dog for a veteran dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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