Adopted by fleeing Polish soldiers, an Iranian honey bear was adopted and taken with them to England...His shining moment came in April 1944 during the battle of Monte Cassino. ...
The 22nd Transport Company was charged with moving supplies up and down the mountainside. During the battle, Voytek is said to have walked up to his commanding officer and put out his paws. The officer handed him a "heavy box and watched in wonder as Voytek loaded it effortlessly onto the truck. Backwards and forwards he continued, time and time again, carrying heavy shells, artillery boxes and food sacks from truck to truck, from one waiting man to another." The monastery was taken at last taken and Voytek became the symbol of the 22nd Company. It even made an emblem in his likeness.
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