Sergeant Reckless
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Staff Sergeant Reckless, a decorated warhorse who held official rank in the United States military, was a mare of Mongolian horse breeding. Out of a racehorse dam, she was purchased in October 1952 fo
Staff Sergeant Reckless in retirement
Reckless with her primary trainer, Platoon Gunnery Sergeant Joseph Latham
Reckless under fire in Korea
Reckless beside a 75 mm recoilless rifle
Purple Heart
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The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving on or after 5 April 1917, with the U.S. military. With its forerun
Sergeant Reckless
…ended. She also became the first horse in the Marine Corps known to have participated in an amphibious landing, and following the war was awarded two Purple Hearts, a Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, inclusion in her unit's Presidential Unit Citations from two countries, and other military honors. Her wartime…
Sign on Interstate 35 designating the Purple Heart Trail.
Purple Heart Memorial, Westland, Michigan
Admiral Mike Mullen reads the citations for seven soldiers receiving Purple Hearts for wounds sustained in Afghanistan
A soldier is awarded the Purple Heart during a ceremony on Coleman Barracks