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LEGEND 0F THE S0LDIER BEARW0JTEK

AFTER HIS MOTHER WAS KILLED BY HUNTERS, A YOUNG BEAR CUB WASFORCED TO FEND FOR HIMSELF IN THE HAMADAN REGION OF IRAN

TO COMMEMORATE THE BEAR’S VALOR, THE 22ND SUPPLYCOMPANY ADOPTED ANEFFIGY OF WOJTEK AS THEIR OFFICIAL EMBLEM.

HE GOT ON WELL WITH THE SOLDIERS, ENGAGING THEM IN PLAY FIGHTS AND CUDDLE SESSIONS

WOJTEK WAS THEN TRAINED TO CARRY AMMO AND SUPPLIES TO HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS

IN SEPTEMBER OF 2013, A PROJECT WASAPPROVED IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND TO ERECT A GOLDEN STATUE OF WOJTEK IN HONOR OF HIS BRAVERY DURING THE WAR.

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A YOUNG IRANIAN BOY CAPTURED THE CUB AND TOOK HIM FOR HIS OWN. WHEN A GROUP OF POLISH SOLDIERS CAME ACROSS THE BOY AND HIS BEAR, THEY AGREED TO BUY THE CUB AND CARE FOR IT

AND IF HE WAS ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOR, BEER AND CIGARETTES TOO!

WOJTEK RECEIVED REMARKABLE CARE FROM THE POLISH ARMY,DINING ON FRUIT, HONEY, SYRUP...

IN APRIL OF 1944, IN ORDER TO ALLOW HIM PASSAGE INTO A SHIP THAT WAS TO JOIN THE ALLIED FORCES IN NAPLES, ITALY, WOJTEK WAS DRAFTED AS A “CORPORAL” INTO THE 22ND ARTILLERY SUPPLY COMPANY OF THE POLISH ARMY

IN THE BATTLE OF MONTE CASSINO, ALLIED TROOPS LAUNCHED AN ASSAULT IN HOPES OF MAKING THEIR WAY TO ROME, ITALY.

WOJTEK WAS INDISPENSABLE HERE, CAREFULLY SUPPLYING MORTAR ROUNDSAND OTHER SUPPLIES TO HIS COMRADES.

DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, A STRAY BEAR CUB FOUND IN IRAN BECAME ONE OF THE POLISH ARMY’S MOST UNLIKELY HEROES!

THE SOLDIERS NAMED THE BEAR “WOJTEK”,DERIVED FROM AN OLDSLAVIC NAME THAT MEANS“SMILING WARRIOR”!

AS HE WAS NOW AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE ARMY, THE CREW OF THE SHIP HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO ALLOWWOJTEK TO BOARD