She wasn't a horse-she was a Marine.
She might not have been much to look at-a small "Mongolian mare," they called her-but she came from racing stock, and had the blood of a champion. Much more than that, Reckless became a war hero-in fact, she became a combat Marine, earning staff sergeant's stripes before her retirement to Camp Pendleton. This once famous horse, recognized as late as 1997 byLifeMagazine as one of America's greatest heroes-the greatest war horse in American history, in fact-has unfortunately now been largely forgotten. But author Robin Hutton is set to change all that. Not only has she been the force behind recognizing Reckless with a monument at the National Museum of the Marine Corps and at Camp Pendleton, but she has now recorded the full story of this four-legged war hero who hauled ammunition to embattled Marines and inspired them with her relentless, andreckless,courage.