A bitter-sweet story coming out of the 3rd Batallion, 25th Marines of Brookpark, OH which sustained such horrible losses recently concerns a mascot which the Marines have named "Beans". (They purchased her for 3 jelly beans).
There is a movement among the troops and their families to bring the dog to the States. One local TV station has been covering this story for the last few days. They show a photo of Jeff Boskovich(I'm not sure of the spelling) cuddling with the dog before he was killed. A friend of his mother says that his mother is convinced that he hugged that dog before he went on the patrol from which he did not return, and she needs to hug that dog.
They are trying to raise $3,000.00 to bring Beans to Ohio. Contributions can be made through Key Bank - Beans Foundation. So, if you give a hill of beans.....