A Marine Corps military working dog recently passed away; please review this touching tribute to a true canine hero:
MWD Flapoor was one of our great military working dogs who was on the front lines with our Marines during Operation Iraqi Freedom. His handler, Marine LCpl Brown, made this tribute video so we can all remember one of our beloved K9 heroes.
MWD Flapoor did two tours in Iraq. During his first tour, in 2005-2006, MWD Flapoor and his handler at the time, Cpl Poelart, were providing security at an Iraqi police recruitment center in Ar Ramadi when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the building. The bomb killed dozens of Iraqis wanting to become police and wounded dozens more.
The bomb set a precedent in that the first military working dog handler, Sgt Adam Cann, was killed in action during Operation Iraqi Freedom. MWD Flapoor and his handler were both wounded and awarded the Purple Heart. Cpl Poelart was eventually honorably discharged while MWD Flapoor recovered from his wounds and went back for a second successful tour in Iraq. Thank you for making this tribute LCpl Brown so we can all remember this amazing dog for his sacrifice and service to our country.
Originally posted at Stormbringer.
5 responses so far
1 sinz54 // Aug 30, 2009 at 10:01 am
We should remember how “Man’s best friend” loyally served the men who served their country.
Here is the War Dogs Memorial on Guam, honoring America’s war dogs who died in combat in World War II. (It takes a while to load because of the music track.)
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/7109/wardogs.html
2 barker13 // Aug 30, 2009 at 11:29 am
Thanks for passing that on, Sean.
And Sinz… THANK YOU! What an amazing thing when you think of it… what a uniquely AMERICAN gesture such a memorial is – a reflection of the America I love… a reflection of the America I fear we’re losing.
BILL
3 sinz54 // Aug 30, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Barker13: You’re very welcome.
There is a new national memorial to America’s war dogs, in Holmdel New Jersey, right next to their Vietnam memorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ukDLY_7zX0
4 Kim Priestap’s Political Insights » Flapoor, Marine War Dog Hero, Dies // Aug 31, 2009 at 10:01 am
[...] 2009, he died. His handler, Marine LCpl Brown, produced this moving tribute to Flapoor (hat tip: New Majority) as a way to show his love and appreciation for Flapoor’s faithful [...]
5 joedee1969 // Aug 31, 2009 at 10:04 am
I’m just sick of these wars. Read about the planes in this link! That really pisses me off! I didn’t know that about the plane:
http://americaspeaksink.com/2009/08/conservatism-gets-buried-with-kennedy/
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