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A bear carried artillery shells at Monte Cassino. 🐻
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Animal OdditiesAug 24, 2026

A bear carried artillery shells at Monte Cassino. 🐻

A bear carried artillery shells at Monte Cassino. 🐻 . . . Wojtek was bought as a cub in 1942 by Polish soldiers in Iran for a can of bully beef. To board a British transport ship he was officially enlisted as a private in the Polish II Corps. At Monte Cassino in 1944 he hauled 25-pound crates of shells to the guns. He retired to Edinburgh Zoo and lived until 1963.

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