Honour sort for soldier bear


	Honour sort for soldier bear

valann 47

1-29-2008 5:56 AM

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2-2-2008 5:57 AM

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I saw this a few days ago and was amazed!

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					Honour sought for 'Soldier Bear'</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7208505.stm"><FONT size="2"><B>A campaign has been launched to build a permanent memorial to a bear which spent much of its life in Scotland - after fighting in World War II.</B>
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<FONT size="2">The bear - named Voytek -  was adopted in the Middle East by Polish troops in 1943, becoming much more than a mascot.
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<FONT size="2">The large animal even helped their armed forces to carry ammunition at the Battle of Monte Cassino.
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<FONT size="2">Voytek - known as the Soldier Bear - later lived near Hutton in the Borders and ended his days at Edinburgh Zoo.
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<FONT size="2">He was found wandering in the hills of Iran by Polish soldiers in 1943.
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			<B>He liked a cigarette, he liked a bottle of beer - he drank a bottle of beer like any man</B>
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