Manteca military policeman Sammy Gallego went out of his way for two puppies in Afghanistan on one of his early missions out of Kabul – demonstrating a heart-felt love for animals similar to that of his dad, recently retired Manteca Police detective Sam Gallego.The senior Gallego offered a picture of his son this week, holding the two, crying and drenched pups that the MP had rescued from an icy pond some two years ago.Contacted at his new duty station in Korea, Gallego recalled the rescue saying it was a very cold day having just snowed with barely any sun. He said he and his fellow soldiers had just arrived at their destination and parked their vehicles looking for anything suspicious that would put them at risk.“We heard a distant screaming and yelping. For a while we kept ignoring it, because we figured it wasn’t anything to be worried about,” he said.Two small baddy puppies were in a creek screaming over and over again, he recalled.