Wojtek
A Syrian brown bear adopted and raised by the Polish II Corps during World War II, which helped carry artillery shells on the Italian front and became the unit's symbol.
During World War II, the Polish army had a Bear soldier named Wojtek. Adopted in Iran, he helped carry artillery crates at the 1944 Battle of Monte Cassino, was promoted to corporal, and became his unit’s emblem as a bear holding a shell.
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