This Furry Guy Was a War Hero Who Drank, Smoked Cigarettes, and Saluted
On April 8, 1942, a wild orphaned bear cub was discovered in the mountains of Iran, by a group of Polish prisoners of war who were being transported from a Siberian gulag through the Middle East to Alexandra, Egypt. From there, they were shipped off to Europe, most famously to fight in the 1944... Sign in to see full entry.