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Marine Brings Stray Dog Found in Fallujah to U.S.

When local Marine Lieutenant Colonel Jay Kopelman was deployed to Iraq, he never imagined he would find in the wreckage of Fallujah his best friend. Guest Host Steve Walker talks with Jay Kopelman abo

When local Marine Lieutenant Colonel Jay Kopelman was deployed to Iraq, he never imagined he would find in the wreckage of Fallujah his best friend. In From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava , Kopelman and writer Melinda Roth tell the true tale of how a mischievous stray dog wins the hearts and minds of battle-hardened Marines, and how Kopelman’s promise that the dog would make it home to the U.S. took on a much larger meaning.   Guest

  • Marine LtCol. Jay Kopelman, author, From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava.