What an emotional read. It could be the genesis of a good fictional movie. Emphasis on fictional. I don’t think it’s true.
I’m not writing this to be mean-spirited or troll-like. I just think readers deserve to know when something is what I call web-s#*t. People continually write and distribute material like this, apparently like launching a paper sack hot air balloon. They don’t know how long it will survive nor where it will go.
The story indicates that Paul Mallory was awarded the Silver Star posthumously. Wanting to read the citation, I went to
http://www.homeofheroes.com/silverstar/. Gee, no Paul Mallory listed. How odd.
Okay, I’ll check
http://icasualties.org/Iraq/Fatalities.aspx to see if he’s listed. Nope.
I called our local animal shelter and asked the Director if they would take a Lab under these circumstances. He said they can’t do that and doubts that any animal shelter could. He said to search on
Military Pets on an Internet search engine. He said there are several organizations that help deploying military locate temporary foster homes. (The animal lovers among us may want to consider providing this service.)
I went back and reread the narrative looking for some verifiable information. Nope.
But I
did wonder about the forgotten letter that I quickly read about the first time. Who would
forget a letter from Reggie’s original owner? There’s obviously important information in it, otherwise the owner wouldn’t have written it. It doesn’t track with reality.
I’ve concluded that it’s fiction. If you find otherwise, please post a comment. It will help restore my faith…
So, if you want to shed a tear for those who gave their all. Go to
http://icasualties.org/Iraq/Fatalities.aspx and read the names and home towns of 5,000 mothers, fathers, sons, brothers and sisters who died in Iraq. Their deaths were
real tragedies.
