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From the racetrack to the battlefield—dauntless, fearless, and exemplar of Semper Fi—she was once Reckless, "pride of the Marines."

A Mongolian mare who was once bred to be a racehorse, Ah-Chim-Hai, or Flame-of-the-Morning, belonged to a tender boy named Kim-Huk-Moon. with a view to pay for a prosthetic leg for his sister, Kim made the tricky determination to promote his liked better half. Lieutenant Eric Pedersen bought the bodacious mare and renamed her Reckless, for the Recoilless Rifles Platoon, Anti-Tank department, of the fifth Marines she’d be joining.

The four-legged equine braved minefields and hailing shrapnel to bring ammunition to her department at the frontlines. in a single day on my own, acting fifty-one journeys up and down treacherous terrain, overlaying a distance of over thirty-five miles, and rescuing wounded comrades-in-arms, Reckless verified her steadfast devotion to the Marines who had turn into her herd.

Despite in basic terms measuring approximately 13 arms excessive, this pint-sized equine grew to become an American hero. Reckless was once provided red Hearts for her valor and used to be formally promoted to employees sergeant two times, a contrast by no means bestowed upon an animal earlier than or since.

Author Robin Hutton has reignited pleasure approximately this approximately forgotten legend, understanding the Sgt. Reckless Memorial Monument on the nationwide Museum of the Marine Corps, accomplished in July 2013, and now spurring the production of a moment memorial at Camp Pendleton, California, the place Reckless lived out the remainder of her days.

The paperback version contains a new foreword by means of basic James F. Amos, thirty fifth Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. it is going to entice lovers of Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit, Elizabeth Letts' The 80 greenback Champion, and the characteristic movie War Horse.