Sgt. Reckless : America's War Horse (9781621572756) by Hutton Robin

Author:Hutton, Robin [Hutton, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781621572756
Publisher: Perseus Book Group

November 9, 1954—the Frantic Rush to Get Things Right

Creed Haberlin of Olsen Nolte Saddle Shop produced a blanket correct in both color and size and donated a fine leather halter, hoof pick, currycomb, and brush. When Pedersen took out his wallet, Haberlin refused to take the lieutenant’s money. “It’s a present,” he told the former platoon leader. “If I went home tonight and told my kids I’d charged you for anything for Reckless, they’d chase me out of the house.”8

Something similar happened at Emerson Manufacturing Company, where the manager, Arthur McLorg, stopped cold all routine production of flags and banners and immediately put all hands to work on cutting and blocking the letters for Reckless’s blanket. It read: “Sgt. Reckless: 1st MAR. DIV.”

B. Pasquale & Company, the historic military outfitters founded in San Francisco in 1854, created two bars of ribbons in record time—each measuring eighteen inches long by an inch-and-a-half wide.

With all the elements—blanket, lettering, ribbons, and chevrons—collected, Kay Pedersen managed to finish sewing the chevrons and ribbons onto the blanket just as the call came in that the ship was about to dock.

The twelve-day voyage home was over. Reckless had arrived.

That night, Pedersen, Coleman, and Lively met Reckless aboard the ship. Eighteen months had passed since Reckless and Eric Pedersen had said their goodbyes half a world away. But when she spotted him, on the hatch and at night, and he returned the gaze, it was evident neither time nor distance had loosened their special bond.

Reckless strained against the stall cross bar, trying to reach out to him as Pedersen, along with Coleman and Lively, excitedly welcomed her. When the trio reached her, the little war horse buried her face in Pedersen’s hands. She was safe. She had to spend one last night on board, but maybe on some level she understood she had arrived at a new home with her old friends.

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