Taken on the 29th of August, 1952, during the Korean War, this is
one of the most endearing and heart-warming photographs I have come across.
Accepting her fate as an orphan of war, "Miss Hap", a two-week old Korean Kitten, chows down on canned milk, piped to her by medicine dropper with the help of Marine Sergeant Frank Praytor.
The Marine adopted the kitten after its mother was killed by a mortar barrage near Bunker Hill. The name, Miss Hap, Sergeant Praytor explained, was given to the kitten "because she was born at the wrong place at the wrong time."
I have read that, happily, ‘Mis Hap' was reunited with Frank Prayor after the war. I have also read, Frank Praytor passed away in New Mexico on January the 10th, 2018, aged 90.
Lest We Forget.
Photograph came from the National Archives 100310781 official United States Marine Corps photo 127-N-A166813.
Most people try very hard to let the better sides of their personality blossom particularly as relief from enforced horror.
Long live the memory of Frank Praytor.
Very common, good people in a horrible situation ,been there
@bobwjr have you read my favourite WWI poet's work? The great Robert Service was an ambulance man who wrote some incredible poetry from first hand experience. As usual the university "experts" pay it little attention.
[gutenberg.org]
@FrayedBear Substitute rescue helicopter and am painfully familiar
@bobwjr Different war - different chariot!
@bobwjr Australia's most famous WWI soldier who only lasted 3 weeks at Gallipoli was John Simpson Kirkpatrick known to most Australians as "Simpson & his donkey" - [awm.gov.au]
[naa.gov.au]
I was only listening to a 1990 recording of one of the last veterans reminiscing on the campaign yesterday. I was interested to hear him say that Simpson was but one of many unarmed rescuers out in the thick of it. He was the one chosen to be glorified.
There are a number of points that give me pause when reading Simpson's history - he wasn't Australian but English, he jumped ship in Australia only 4 years before the war, he only survived for 3 weeks, it is not explained that there were many like him.
@bobwjr Further cause for pause, I was curious as to why his surname was not used in the Australian history led to this valuable Wikipedia entry:
[en.m.wikipedia.org]
Well worth reading imo.
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