Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network
This American soldier was so excited to be reunited with the dog she rescued, it took her a minute to actually greet her patiently waiting husband.
To be fair, however, it has been seven months since U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Tracy McKithern last saw Erby the dog.
McKithern says that she first met Erby when she was deployed in Iraq back in 2017. The puppy and her mother, both of which were clearly hungry and abused, had been wandering the streets looking for food when they arrived at McKithern’s military base.
“She loved everyone,” said McKithern. “She is the sweetest little soul. She came up to me immediately, probably hungry, but gentle. I think she was looking for love more than anything else.”
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The sergeant named her “Erby” after Erbil, the Iraqi city in which they were stationed. McKithern, along with soldiers from the Italian and German military units, fed the homeless dogs and looked after them until they finally put on some weight. Whenever the soldiers went out on missions, Erby would…
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