Marine Dog with Cancer Gets Tear-filled Farewell

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Marine Dog with Cancer Gets Tear-filled Farewell

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Saw this on the web...

So sad, but I'm sure his faithful members of the Corp appreciated the chance to say goodbye this way...

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Marine Dog with Cancer Gets Tear-filled Farewell

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U.S. Marine veteran Lance Cpl. Jeff DeYoung carries Cena a 10-year-old black lab who was a
military service dog, aboard LST 393 where he was put down on Wednesday, July 26, 2017.


MUSKEGON, Mich. — Hundreds of people in Michigan came together to salute and say a tear-filled final goodbye to a cancer-stricken dog who served three tours in Afghanistan with the U.S. Marines.

Cena the black lab received a hero's farewell Wednesday before being euthanized at a museum ship in Muskegon and carried off in a flag-draped coffin.

Cena was a bomb-sniffer for the Marines until his retirement in 2014. He then became a service dog for Lance Cpl. Jeff DeYoung, Cena's first wartime partner.

Cena was recently diagnosed with terminal bone cancer...

DeYoung organized the celebration for the dog. He says he wanted to "take his dog on one last ride in a topless Jeep" before Cena was put down. The Jeep was decorated and named "Cancer Response Team."
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Found more info on another story about this dog...

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Hundreds turned out to say goodbye to the hero dog whose Marine veteran partner put together a bucket list for him...
after he was diagnosed with bone cancer. Cena, a black lab who served three tours in Afghanistan as a bomb-sniffer with the Marines, lived his final years with Lance Cpl. Jeff DeYoung, as his service dog.

DeYoung and Cena were first paired in 2009 after a personality test, and later deployed to Afghanistan together. In 2014, the pair reunited when DeYoung adopted Cena as his service dog for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He said having Cena around made it easier for him to be in public.

Last week, a veterinarian diagnosed 10-year-old Cena with bone cancer and gave him weeks to live. DeYoung set out to create lasting memories with his beloved pooch, which included taking a ride in a Jeep with the top off. DeYoung’s wish came true on Wednesday, as he and Cena piled into a decorated Jeep named “Cancer Response Team” for one last ride together.

Cena wore his decorated Marine vest as DeYoung carried him in front of hundreds to a museum ship in Muskegon, where he was euthanized. He was carried off in a flag-draped coffin.

“We walked in front of the group that we served with and everything that they faced, we faced first,” DeYoung previously told Fox 17 of his service with Cena. “Overseas it was me and him against the world.”
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We have co anchors on our local 11 p.m. news after this story was played by a national reporter, the female was supposed to introduce the sportsnl segment, she was silent for a second and said to the male anchor, you'll have to read that...with a shakey voice and tears in her eyes. She may be a repoter/anchor but she gets it.
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Very sad story but it's good to know that some of the hardest, toughest military personnel in the world are still human beings, unlike the scum they have to fight.
RIP Cena.
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RIP Cena. You have done your service and you have every right to be proud.
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Got something in my eye... :cry:
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