SGT Private RallyPoint Member 873194 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-54966"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdo-you-love-these-stories-girl-never-forgot-gi-who-was-her-guardian-angel%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Do+You+Love+These+Stories%3F+Girl+never+forgot+GI+who+was+her+%27guardian+angel%27.&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdo-you-love-these-stories-girl-never-forgot-gi-who-was-her-guardian-angel&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADo You Love These Stories? Girl never forgot GI who was her &#39;guardian angel&#39;.%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-love-these-stories-girl-never-forgot-gi-who-was-her-guardian-angel" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="913c01311c1ae48c80b64284581a64a8" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/054/966/for_gallery_v2/eda5e6e6.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/054/966/large_v3/eda5e6e6.jpg" alt="Eda5e6e6" /></a></div></div>Her pigtails caught his eye.<br /><br />A 12-year-old girl ran alongside Dean Prough's Army convoy as it rolled through a small German town. She pleaded for food.<br /><br />Prough gave the girl a candy bar, then another, and then another. Her name was Maria. He took a picture with her and signed the back, "Dean Prough. Ottumwa, Iowa." He wanted to adopt her, but the Army said no.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/features/2015/08/07/girl-never-forgot-gi-who-was-her-guardian-angel/31276223/">http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/features/2015/08/07/girl-never-forgot-gi-who-was-her-guardian-angel/31276223/</a> 2015-08-07T17:52:35-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 873194

<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-54966"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdo-you-love-these-stories-girl-never-forgot-gi-who-was-her-guardian-angel%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Do+You+Love+These+Stories%3F+Girl+never+forgot+GI+who+was+her+%27guardian+angel%27.&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdo-you-love-these-stories-girl-never-forgot-gi-who-was-her-guardian-angel&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADo You Love These Stories? Girl never forgot GI who was her &#39;guardian angel&#39;.%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/do-you-love-these-stories-girl-never-forgot-gi-who-was-her-guardian-angel" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="151d100c9a954359fd779cef4bff61ae" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/054/966/for_gallery_v2/eda5e6e6.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/054/966/large_v3/eda5e6e6.jpg" alt="Eda5e6e6" /></a></div></div>Her pigtails caught his eye.<br /><br />A 12-year-old girl ran alongside Dean Prough's Army convoy as it rolled through a small German town. She pleaded for food.<br /><br />Prough gave the girl a candy bar, then another, and then another. Her name was Maria. He took a picture with her and signed the back, "Dean Prough. Ottumwa, Iowa." He wanted to adopt her, but the Army said no.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/features/2015/08/07/girl-never-forgot-gi-who-was-her-guardian-angel/31276223/">http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/features/2015/08/07/girl-never-forgot-gi-who-was-her-guardian-angel/31276223/</a>

2015-08-07T17:52:35-04:00 2015-08-07T17:52:35-04:00 CW3 Private RallyPoint Member 873217

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Another great post <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="520566" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/520566-11b2p-infantryman-airborne">SGT Private RallyPoint Member</a>, thank you for sharing. Heartwarming story!

2015-08-07T18:05:51-04:00 2015-08-07T18:05:51-04:00 LTC Stephen F. 873231

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Great post my friend <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="520566" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/520566-11b2p-infantryman-airborne">SGT Private RallyPoint Member</a>. It would be wonderful if the national news posted more positive stories like the one you shared.

2015-08-07T18:11:04-04:00 2015-08-07T18:11:04-04:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 873262

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There is love and beauty in wars.

2015-08-07T18:26:31-04:00 2015-08-07T18:26:31-04:00 SPC Private RallyPoint Member 873707

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>outstanding

2015-08-07T22:24:22-04:00 2015-08-07T22:24:22-04:00 CPL Dan McCready 874152

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This is a very heartwarming story, I live right next door to the Veteran&#39;s home here in Marshalltown, and I am surprised the local news had not picked this up.

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