As an old dog handler, I've thought of Nicky, 33M1, every single day for nearly 50 years. He alerted on some bad guys that had intentions of blowing us up in the bomb dump located 10 miles from the Ho Chi Minh Clock. Three years later, he was put down for 'Surplus Equipment with all the rest of the dogs in Southeast Asia', Oct. '75. Since Nicky, I've raised Blanco, Pappy, Janis, Sooner, Muffler, Mauser, and now have two 6yr old shepherds, Severe and Jorn. Replace your sorrow with another pal, and keep the last one in your thoughts forever. My reward for passing will be reuniting with my pack, especially Nicky; half husky, half shepherd, who would be rejected in today's military, who also saved my butt that night.