It took an Army of help to reunite Veteran from Arizona with Private Ellen

Saving Private Ellen: Extraordinary lengths injured soldier went to so he could be reunited with faithful bomb-detecting dog
Joshua Tucker lost track of his bomb dog while being treated in hospital
Pair finally reunited after three-year search that led to Germany
Daily Mail
By JESSICA JERREAT
PUBLISHED: 16:37 EST, 11 April 2014

When Joshua Tucker was taken to hospital after serving in Afghanistan the only thing keeping the Arizona soldier strong was knowing his military dog Ellen was waiting for him.

But just as the K9 MP finished his treatment for injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder, the Armed Forces called his wife, Sherie, to say the dog had been moved.

What followed was an extraordinary effort over three years, involving the Army, Air Force and Congress to reunite Tucker with the dog that meant so much to him.
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