Telegram, Ed Sullivan to Andrew Geer, 22 October 1954. "Ed Sullivan, the widely known newspaper columnist and television celebrity, sent a telegram to Reckless requesting she be on his show "Toast of the Town". At the time she received the message her ship was in a typhoon and she couldn't have cared less. The mere mention of toast was enough to make her ill."
From the Randolph Pate Collection (COLL/802), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections.
In 1952, Lieutenant Eric Pedersen purchased Reckless from a Korean stableboy to be used to carry ammunition through the mountainous terrain that his platoon was stationed in. The Marines taught her battlefield survival skills, but she was wounded twice in battle. For these wounds, Reckless was awarded two purple hearts.
When the Korean War ended, Reckless was brought to the United States and retired to Camp Pendleton until her death in 1968.
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