TY  - BOOK
AU  - McCormick,Patricia
AU  - Bruno,Iacopo
TI  - Sergeant Reckless: the true story of the little horse who became a hero
SN  - 9780062292599
U1  - 951.904/2450929B 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
KW  - Sergeant Reckless
KW  - Korean War (1950-1953)
KW  - fast
KW  - Horses
KW  - Korea
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - War horses
KW  - Animals
KW  - War use
KW  - Korean War, 1950-1953
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Juvenile works
KW  - Picture books
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Ages 6-10
N2  - When a group of US Marines fighting in the Korean War found a bedraggled little mare, they wondered if she could be trained to as a packhorse. They had no idea that the skinny, underfed horse had one of the biggest and bravest hearts they'd ever known. And one of the biggest appetites! Soon Reckless showed herself more than willing to carry ammunition too heavy for the soldiers to haul. As cannons thundered and shells flew through the air, she marched into battle -- again and again -- becoming the only animal ever to officially hold military rank and receive two Purple Hearts
ER  -