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Iraqi Cat Who Helped U.S. Troops Finds American Home
POSTED: 9:46 am EST March 1, 2005
BANGOR, Maine -- A little Iraqi has a new home in Maine.
H.P. the cat was adopted by National Guard troopers serving with the 152nd
Field Artillery Battalion. Spc. Jesse Cote said the cat was starving and
toothless when they found it.
But the GI's were able to nurse H.P. back to health. The cat ate and slept
with the soldiers and even helped them. Cote said H.P. would be the first to
react to mortar fire and was their warning of incoming.
When the soldiers were returning to Maine, they raised $700 to fly H.P. to
the United States . No one's sure how H.P. got its name -- but Cote said it
could stand for Here Puss.