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Ran into this snippet on Wikipedia while looking up John Pedersen, the famous Remington gun designer:

At the start of the Korean War, his son Eric Pedersen joined the United States Marine Corps and served as a lieutenant in combat in Korea. He is memorialized in the book Reckless: Pride of the Marines. Lt. Pedersen led a recoilless rifle platoon and at his own expense purchased a racehorse for use as an ammunition carrier. The horse became famous in the 1st Marine Division.[5] Reckless became the first horse to participate in a Marine amphibious landing, was promoted through the ranks from private to corporal to sergeant, and at the war's end was shipped to Camp Pendleton, California, where she lived out her retirement as a beloved mascot.


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As I recall there is a statue of Reckless somewhere. Kentucky Horse Park maybe?


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Originally posted by BuffHunter63:
As I recall there is a statue of Reckless somewhere. Kentucky Horse Park maybe?


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Book and a movie as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Reckless

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Was the movie "War Horse"? I saw that and it was a great movie IMO.

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