Sully the Service Dog Has New Role Helping Wounded Vets

Sully, former President George H.W. Bush's service dog , joined Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s dog program to help wounded veterans on Feb. 27, 2019. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo,File

BETHESDA, Md.—Sully, the service dog who symbolized devotion by laying next to former President George H.W. Bush’s flag-draped casket, has a new mission.

The 2-year-old yellow Labrador Retriever on Feb. 27 joined Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s dog program to help wounded veterans.