Reckless wasn’t just a horse. She was a U.S. Marine. The hero horse who shed blood alongside fellow Marines in the Korean War was honored with a statue at Camp Pendleton this week.

The Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard poses for photographs with the bronze statue of Staff Sergeant Reckless, a horse that served in the Korean War from Camp Pendleton, following the dedication ...

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Staff Sgt. Reckless, a war horse who served with the Recoilless Rifle Platoon, Anti-Tank Company, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, was bought for $250 at a race track in Seoul during the war.

Haldalgo, a horse standing in for U.S. Marines’ horse Sergeant Reckless, attends last week’s ceremony for the Dickin Medal, a British award for animals showing bravery in wartime.

Southern California Marines have fond memories of a scrawny mare called Reckless, who served in the Korean War and earned two Purple Hearts, taking shrapnel and saving soldiers like other American ...

A decorated Marine hero of the Korean War will be immortalized next week in bronze with a statue dedication near the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va. The larger than life-sized ...

Two Generations of Dark Horse Marines, 60 Years Apart Lance Cpl. Benjamin Ferry and his grandfather, Richard T. Ferry, have each served with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines -- more than 60 years apart.

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. -- Lady Justice was born to be butchered. Her life was created for the purpose of harvesting estrogen from her mother during pregnancy.

RECKLESS, PRIDE OF THE MARINES—Andrew Geer—Dutton ($3.50).Horses have all but disappeared from the battlefield, but now and then a 20th century warhorse turns up to keep alive the old ...