"Reckless" A Marine Horse

"Reckless" was a pack horse during the Korean war, and she carried recoilless rifles, ammunition and supplies to Marines. Nothing too unusual about that, lots of animals got pressed into doing pack chores in many wars.

But this horse did something more….during the battle for a location called Outpost Vegas, this mare made 55 trips up and down the hill, on the way up she carried a total of over 9,000 lbs. of ammunition, and on the way down she carried wounded soldiers…

What was so amazing? Well she made every one of those trips through enemy fire and without anyone leading her.

And she was wounded twice. Here’s a video of her story and photos to prove where she was and what she did…. HERE