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PHOTO PRIVATE WOJTEK 'THE SOLDIER BEAR' THE STATUE OF THE SOLDIER BEAR WAS ERECTED IN DUNS IN APRIL 2016.WOJTEK WAS DISCOVERED AS A THREE MONTH OLD ORPHAN CUB IN IRAN BY POLISH SOLDIERS WHO HAD BEEN BASED NEAR DUNS IN BERWICKSHIRE. THEY ADOPTED THE TINY ANIMAL FED HIM AND NURTURED HIM AND BROUGHT HIM TO MATURITY A MATURITY WHICH BECAME MORE HUMAN THAN BEAR. WOJTEK LIVED WITH THE TROOPS ATE WITH THEM AND DRANK...ALE WITH THEM HE EVEN ENJOYED A CIGARETTE. WHEN THE DIVISION TOOK TO BATTLE AT MONTE CASSINO IN ITALY WOJTEK'S JOB WAS TO CARRY SHELLS TO THE GUNNERS AND LOAD THEM IN TO THE ARTILLERY. ON RETURNING TO DUNS AFTER THE WAR WOJTEK NATURALLY RETURNED WITH THEM.IN 1947 HE WAS GIFTED TO EDINBURGH ZOO WHERE HE SURPRISINGLY SETTLED WELL EVEN THOUGH HE WAS MORE USED TO HUMAN WAYS. HE LIVED THE REST OF HIS LIFE AT EDINBURGH AND DIED IN 1963 AGED 21.MONUMENTS TO HIM HAVE BEEN ERECTED IN EDINBURGH TWO IN LONDON KRAKOW IN POLAND GRIMSBY AND OTTOWA IN CANADA AND NOW IN DUNS.AFTER A SERVICE BY A POLISH PRIEST THE BEAUTIFUL MONUMENT WAS UNVEILED IN THE SQUARE AT SOUTH STREET IN DUNS BY THE MAYOR OF ZAGAN POLAND A TOWN WHICH IS TWINNED WITH AND HAS CLOSE TIES WITH DUNS.THERE IS ALSO A BEAUTIFUL WAR MEMORIAL IN DUNS PUBLIC PARK IN MEMORY OF THE POLISH SOLDIERS WHO DIED DURING WORLD WAR II AFTER BEING BILLETED IN BERWICKSHIRE. THOSE BRAVE MEN WOULD BE SO PROUD OF ONE OF THEIR FAVOURITE 'SONS' PRIVATE WOJTEK - THE SOLDIER BEAR'. 2016 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) JAMES DENHAMPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
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