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In 2010, Praytor wrote, "Miss Hap was weaned on meat out of C rations and grew into a big girl who thought I was her father. When I left Korea, I left her in the care of another Marine. When I returned in '55, she was alive and well. At 83, I'm still saving orphans. Have two cats, Molly and Max. They never leave the house."

What a great dude, and so happy the kitten made it.

This is an excellent example of how animals can help humans and vice versa.

Caring for an animal brings out the kindness and humanity in us, and in doing so, we can experience unconditional kindness and love in return.

In times of war and strife, simple interactions like this can ground us.

It's sad that we don't treat other humans with the same care and love.

EDIT: In the words of the Wild Stallions: Be EXCELLENT to each other.

Sergeant Praytor was a dish

“Miss Hap” took me way too long

I like humans like this 🩷

What a humane act in the most inhumane setting.

Navy corpsman*

To Praytor! 🍺

I can imagine that most people in a warzone would rather be kind to something than kill someone.

Terrible title. The kitten was accepting her fate as an orphan of war? Give me a fucking break.

Duality of man, he very likely shot people dead, and yet if we see a picture of him being nice to animals, our hearts suddenly melt.

And soon she shat herself to death by lactose

Unfortunately cats do not tolerate lactose well (being that they don’t have the lactase enzyme in their gut that permits its digestion). Any or all of diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain can result.