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Sergeant Rlessless (Recklesss), America’s greatest warhorse, transported ammunition to the front and helped rescue many injured soldiers

Photos: Facebook/Official Sgt Reckless Fan Club

She is trained to lie down under enemy fire, avoid using barbed wire and understanding hand signals. History.com stated that Luck resisted her impulse to escape and replaced it with “delivered nearly 9,000 pounds of ammunition from the supply point to the gun squad.”

Luless was the first animal to gain official status in the Marine Corps. On April 10, 1954, she was promoted to sergeant. The beautifully decorated war horse arrived in the United States in November 1954. She was welcomed by heroes and spent the rest of her life in Camp Pendleton, California.

She died in 1968, at the age of 20, and was buried with full military honor.

Robin Hutton didn’t want to forget Reckless’s story, so she wrote a book about her called “Sergeant”. Luck: American horse.

“She is not a horse. She is a marine,” Hutton said.

Sergeant Harold E. Wadley of the U.S. Marines served with Reckless and unveiled her bronze at Horse Park, Kentucky on the 50th anniversary of her death image. There are two other life-sized bronze statues of heroes at the Virginia Marines National Museum and Heritage Center and Camp Pendleton. Luck will never be forgotten.

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