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 Puppy helps tie family to slain soldier
Puppy helps tie family to slain soldier 5/25/07 Quote:
CONCORD, N.H. - The family of Army Spc. Justin Rollins feels a little better thanks to a puppy, fresh from a nearly 6,000-mile journey from Iraq , that connects them to one of the soldier‘s last happy moments.
"It was the last bit of happiness Justin had," said Rollins‘ girlfriend, Brittney Murray.
After Murr, , ) contacted the U.S. Central Command, which ordered the 82nd to retrieve the pup and turn it over to delivery company DHL. The female pup arrived Thursday night at Kennedy International Airport in New York, visited a veterinarian and arrived in New Hampshire overnight. The floppy-eared pooch — mostly white, with brown spots along the right side of its muzzle and paws still too big for its 15-pound body — was a hit Friday as she sniffed around Hodes‘ office, pausing to piddle on the carpet. "We have a dog and three cats at home. When he was little, they all were on his bed," said his mother, Rhonda. "He really did believe in what he was fighting for," Rhonda Rollins said of her paratrooper son. "I think he‘d be thrilled there was a positive story from the negative thing that happened to us. ... He was such a happy-go-lucky guy."
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