Cena N641 typically referred to simply as Cena was a black Labrador retriever bomb

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in the US Marine Corps. He served three tours of duty in Afghanistan. After retirement of the dog with a hip injury, Cena was four years later reunited with one of his Afghanistan handlers, Jeff DeYoung as a PTSD

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, on 24 April 2014. On 27 July 2017, Cena was euthanized by DeYoung as he was suffering from bone cancer. Hundreds of people in Muskegon, Michigan attended the send-off.

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