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At funeral, dog mourns the death of Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan

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source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/man-best-friend-mourns-death-175219915.html
Jon Tumilson, a Navy SEAL, was one of 30 Americans killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 6 when a rocket-propelled grenade took out a U.S. Chinook helicopter. He was mourned at a service in Rockford, Iowa, attended by 1,500 family members, friends--and Hawkeye, Tumilson's dog.The Labrador retriever was such an important part of Tumilson's life that the friends and family of the San Diego resident called the dog his "son."
When Tumilson's friend Scott Nichols walked to the front of the room to speak, Hawkeye followed, Today.com reports. "As Nichols prepared to memorialize his friend, Hawkeye dutifully laid down near the casket," Scott Stump writes.
A video clip of the mourning dog can be seen here. KIMT-TV of Mason City, Iowa, covered the funeral.
The photo on the right was taken by Tumilson's cousin, Lisa Pembleton, and posted on Facebook. Pembleton wrote on her Facebook page, "To say that he was an amazing man doesn't do him justice. The loss of Jon to his family, military family, and friends is immeasurable."
 
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I saw this on Yahoo news. Truly a great story. This speaks volumes of dogs' loyal nature. It is to be expected--they are pack animals, after all, but to see it happening in a way as tender as this is so touching, somehow.
 
Heartbreaking...Animals can teach humans so much about life, loyalty, unconditional love...
 
In another news article it said that Hawkeye was walked down the aisle in lead position into the church with the family following behind him. Then to have seen the photos, I just choked up and had tears rolling down my face. The love and commitment of a dog to it's "person" is truly something one has to experience to fully understand, and I've been fortunate enough to have known and experienced it (a German Shepard).
 
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