US Marine Sergeant Frank Praytor, a combat correspondent with the 1st Marine Division during the Korean War (1951-1952), became widely known for a heartwarming photograph capturing him feeding an orphaned kitten named “Miss Hap” with a medicine dropper.
The kitten, whose mother was k**l£d in a mortar barrage near Bunker Hill, was nursed back to health by Praytor using canned milk and meat from C-rations, showcasing a moment of compassion amid the brutality of war. The image, published in over 1,700 newspapers, brought him fame and even marriage proposals from women across the US.
The kitten, whose mother was k**l£d in a mortar barrage near Bunker Hill, was nursed back to health by Praytor using canned milk and meat from C-rations, showcasing a moment of compassion amid the brutality of war. The image, published in over 1,700 newspapers, brought him fame and even marriage proposals from women across the US.