‘Gathering artifacts is only one element of what needs to be done, we also need to tell the stories behind them too,’ a museum official says. ‘That’s what makes an ordinary object so impactful, so priceless.’
The pup, a bulldog dubbed Opha Mae II, is named after the first female Marine recruit, Opha Mae Johnson, who enlisted in 1918. “Military working dogs have a huge history in our organization,” said Parris Island Chief Sworn Officer Bobby Yarbrough.