Slain soldier's family adopts his military dog

The Marine Corps announced today a Georgia-based military dog whose handler was killed in Iraq will be adopted by the soldier’s family. The 8-year-old German shepherd named Lex will join the family of fallen Marine Corporal Dustin Jerome Lee. Lex was wounded in the same explosion March 21st that killed Lee. This marks the first time the U.S. military has granted early retirement to a working dog so it could live with a former handler's family. Lee's family from Quitman, Missississippi, is scheduled to pick up Lex from the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany on December 21st.