01893cam a2200313 4500 388811146 TxAuBib 20090122120000.0 070103s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006022144 9781592289806 1592289800 TxAuBib Kopelman, Jay. From Baghdad, With Love : A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava / Jay Kopelman and Melinda Roth. Guilford, CT : Lyons Press, 2006. xii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. When Marines enter an abandoned house in Fallujah, Iraq, and hear a suspicious noise, they clench their weapons, edge around the corner, and prepare to open fire. What they find during the U.S.-led attack on the "most dangerous city on Earth" in late 2004, however, is not an insurgent but a puppy left behind when most of the city's residents fled. Despite military law forbidding pets, the Marines de-flea the pup with kerosene, de-worm him with chewing tobacco, and fill him up on Meals Ready to Eat. Thus begins the dramatic rescue of a dog named Lava--and Lava's rescue of at least one Marine, Lieutenant Colonel Jay Kopelman, from the emotional ravages of war. From hardened soldiers to wartime journalists to endangered Iraqi citizens, From Baghdad, With Love tells the unforgettable true story of an unlikely band of heroes who learn unexpected lessons about life, death, and war from a mangy little flea-ridden refugee. 20070103. Kopelman, Jay. Iraq War, 2003-2011 Personal narratives, American. Dogs Iraq. Human-Animal Relationships. Animals. Pets Dogs. Animal Rescue. Biographies and Autobiographies. Roth, Melinda.