Nov. 15, 2014 - Fayetteville, NC - Army Spc. BRENT GROMMET was reunited with Matty, his U.S. Army trained German Shepherd, after being separated for more than a year. Both had been injured in the war. Grommet, now 23, came back from Afghanistan with traumatic brain injury, hearing loss and spinal-cord injury. Despite the veteran's right to adopt Matty, the bomb-detecting service dog mysteriously ended up another family with who took a liking to him and adopted him instead. Grommet's dad Don persevered for more than a year to locate Matty, despite threats of prison to his son from military off

Nov. 15, 2014 - Fayetteville, NC - Army Spc. BRENT GROMMET was reunited with Matty, his U.S. Army trained German Shepherd, after being separated for more than a year. Both had been injured in the war. Grommet, now 23, came back from Afghanistan with traumatic brain injury, hearing loss and spinal-cord injury. Despite the veteran's right to adopt Matty, the bomb-detecting service dog mysteriously ended up another family with who took a liking to him and adopted him instead. Grommet's dad Don persevered for more than a year to locate Matty, despite threats of prison to his son from military off Stock Photo

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Nov. 15, 2014 - Fayetteville, NC - Army Spc. BRENT GROMMET was reunited with Matty, his U.S. Army trained German Shepherd, after being separated for more than a year. Both had been injured in the war. Grommet, now 23, came back from Afghanistan with traumatic brain injury, hearing loss and spinal-cord injury. Despite the veteran's right to adopt Matty, the bomb-detecting service dog mysteriously ended up another family with who took a liking to him and adopted him instead. Grommet's dad Don persevered for more than a year to locate Matty, despite threats of prison to his son from military officials. (Credit Image: © Robin Rayne Nelson/ZUMA Wire)

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