Smoke the Donkey: A Marine's Unlikely Friend - download pdf or read online

By Cate Folsom,Robert R. Ruark

ISBN-10: 1612348114

ISBN-13: 9781612348117

On a U.S. army base close to Fallujah in war-torn Iraq, Col. John Folsom awakened one morning to the sound of a small, scruffy donkey tied up open air his quarters. He was once charmed by way of this scrawny animal with a plaintive expression. Folsom and his fellow Marines took within the donkey, outfitted him a corral and preserve, and escorted him on day-by-day walks. One evening, putting out with the Marines as they cozy after paintings, the donkey snatched someone’s lit cigarette and devoured it up, to the laughter of all. without notice, the donkey had a reputation: Smoke. greater than a talk subject for troops connecting with households again domestic, Smoke served as mascot, ambassador, and conflict buddy.

Smoke the Donkey recounts the robust friendship among Colonel Folsom and this stray donkey and the big demanding situations of reuniting Smoke with Folsom within the usa following Folsom’s retirement. After being given to an area sheik, Smoke wandered the barren region earlier than Folsom rallied a world staff to take him on a convoluted trip to his new domestic. The crew received a prolonged bureaucratic conflict to maneuver Smoke from Iraq to Turkey, purely to stand a harder struggle getting him out of Turkey. as soon as within the States, Smoke grew to become a liked remedy animal for either kids and veterans. Smoke’s tale, whereas tinged with disappointment, speaks to the iconic bond among a guy and an animal, unbroken through conflict, distance, or purple tape.

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