Prayor

Taken on the 29th of August, 1952, during the Korean War, this isone of the most endearing and heart-warming photographs I have come across.Accepting her fate as an orphan of war, "Miss Hap", a two-week old Korean Kitten, chows down on canned milk, piped to her by medicine dropper with the help of Marine Sergeant Frank Praytor.The Marine adopted the kitten after its mother was killed by a mortar barrage near Bunker Hill. The name, Miss Hap, Sergeant Praytor explained, was given to the kitten "because she was born at the wrong place at the wrong time."I have read that, happily, ‘Miss Hap' was reunited with Frank Praytor after the war. I have also read, Frank Praytor passed away in New Mexico on January the 10th, 2018, aged 90.Lest We Forget.Photograph came from the National Archives 100310781 official United States Marine Corps photo 127-N-A166813.