Fred’s Secret Mission
Soon Fred began to join Grossi and his fellow Marines on their night journeys to check on local citizens. At first, the other Marines were afraid that Fred would draw attention to them, but somehow the little dog knew not to bark. Soon it was time for Grossi’s unit to go back to the main base where they would be re-deployed somewhere else. Grossi put Fred in a duffel bag and took him on the helicopter with him, although they had to keep his presence a secret. Amazingly, when they arrived they saw that the shipping company DHL had set up a station on the base. He asked the workers if it would be possible to hypothetically ship a dog back to the U.S. They agreed to help. Grossi planned to send Fred back to his parent’s house, however, before he could get all the necessary paperwork together he had to go back to the battlefield. The DHL guys said they would be willing to watch Fred until he got back.
That nearly never happened…
