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Marine dog with cancer gets tear-filled hero's farewell
AP and Chicago Tribune ^ | 27 Jul 17 | AP writer

Posted on 07/28/2017 5:55:07 AM PDT by SkyPilot

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1 posted on 07/28/2017 5:55:07 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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Damn you I am crying like a baby.


2 posted on 07/28/2017 5:57:23 AM PDT by IC Ken
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Devil Dogs take care of their own - including the ones with four legs.
Semper Fi ...
3 posted on 07/28/2017 5:58:58 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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As a retired military officer myself, and someone who has had to put several dogs down due to illness, this story really hits home.

Saying goodbye to a loyal dog, much less one that has served our nation, must have been incredibly difficult for this Marine.

There are lots of articles on FR and in the news that make us frustrated, angry, and cynical.

May we be reminded that God gave us incredible animals like Cena, and that our nation is still worth defending.

4 posted on 07/28/2017 5:59:12 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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I hear you.

This has got to be one of the most heart wrenching and beautiful pictures of the year.


5 posted on 07/28/2017 6:01:17 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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I lost an English setter to bone cancer. It’s a bad way to go. Good to know this dog had such good care towards the end.


6 posted on 07/28/2017 6:01:27 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (Fidel and Che are together again, and it ain't on a t-shirt.)
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"...Cena the bomb-sniffer dog..."


Cena, a grateful nation of good Americans is very proud of you.

7 posted on 07/28/2017 6:02:08 AM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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Over the years I have had, loved dearly and lost many dogs. I have been with each of them at the time of their death and always had the euthanasia done in my home where they were comfortable.

Dog spelled backward is God.


8 posted on 07/28/2017 6:06:35 AM PDT by billyboy15
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Ooh rah puppy. Damn screen is blurry.


9 posted on 07/28/2017 6:37:44 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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I rescue many dogs. They are family. Never put one down without it being in my arms.


10 posted on 07/28/2017 6:39:58 AM PDT by IC Ken
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I think that those are the saddest eyes I have ever seen (the dog’s). He must have been in great pain. RIP, Cena.


11 posted on 07/28/2017 6:54:21 AM PDT by matthew fuller (God bless America, D.J. Trump, John Wayne, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, and John Moses Browning.)
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I love dogs and have lost my share and it is heart wrenching. To lose a dog that served with you and served our country? My god, almost too much to bear. This dog was obviously loved. Ooh rah marine......


12 posted on 07/28/2017 6:55:35 AM PDT by hillarys cankles
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I’m at work struggling hard to keep from crying. Cena’s story is both heartbreaking and heartwarming all at once. For me, dogs make this world liveable,so when mine must leave a piece of me goes with them. Semper fi and go in peace faithful friend.


13 posted on 07/28/2017 6:58:53 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (The question about fighting back is not what average people can to do, but how to do we do it?)
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God Bless America and all of those who serve and have served.


14 posted on 07/28/2017 7:07:09 AM PDT by momincombatboots (White Stetsons up.. let's save our country!)
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To: IC Ken

yes.


15 posted on 07/28/2017 7:07:15 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: SkyPilot

Cena, you served your country well. Thank you, and God Bless.


16 posted on 07/28/2017 7:18:55 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: longfellow; LUV W
This K-9 USMC SGT will be Charlie's hugger and belly scratcher soon. My Zeus is waiting.

You can go Wright into /heaven it's a K-9 friendly place, Heaven's Gate has a open dog our on it.

17 posted on 07/28/2017 7:26:30 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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Looks like my Dad’s old dog, Duke.

Died the day my Dad couldn’t take care of him anymore. He just went to sleep and didn’t wake up. Dad had a brain bleed.

Now I have to step away.


18 posted on 07/28/2017 7:33:54 AM PDT by redgolum
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Take good care of Charlie Gard when he gets there


19 posted on 07/28/2017 7:36:01 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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"Take good care of Charlie Gard when he gets there"

Amen.

20 posted on 07/28/2017 7:46:26 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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