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Iraq Veteran Refuses to Leave Therapy Donkey Behind

It’s a U.S. Marines tradition to never leave a comrade behind, for John Folsom that rule applied to Smoke the donkey.

Smoke and the Base Operations Section Marines at Camp al Taqaddum in  Iraq

It’s a U.S. Marines tradition to never leave a comrade behind. As far as John Folsom was concerned, that rule applied to Smoke, a wild donkey he met while serving in Iraq: Folsom devoted more than three years to arranging Smoke’s transport to Nebraska. For more inspiring stories like this one, subscribe to Guideposts magazine.

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