# Honour sought for 'Soldier Bear'

**URL:** <https://tw.forumosa.com/t/honour-sought-for-soldier-bear/42828>\
**Category:** Open Forum\
**Created:** [January 28, 2008, 5:45am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/honour-sought-for-soldier-bear/42828 "2008-01-28T05:45:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Funk500](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/53a042/32.png) [@Funk500](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Funk500)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 5:45am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/honour-sought-for-soldier-bear/42828/1 "2008-01-28T05:45:18Z")

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Now this is a fantastic story!

[news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk\_news/scot … 208505.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/7208505.stm)

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> 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.

That really sounds like a fascinating book.

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**Author:** ![irishstu](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/45deac/32.png) [@irishstu](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/irishstu)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 5:56am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/honour-sought-for-soldier-bear/42828/2 "2008-01-28T05:56:55Z")

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Very interesting story.

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**Author:** ![Bubba\_2\_Guns](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/5daacb/32.png) [@Bubba\_2\_Guns](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Bubba_2_Guns)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/honour-sought-for-soldier-bear/42828/3 "2008-01-28T09:31:51Z")

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> Voytek was a major attraction at the zoo until his death in 1963.

----Of lung cancer from smoking Polish cigarettes.

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**Author:** ![sandman](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sandman](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/sandman)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 11:14am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/honour-sought-for-soldier-bear/42828/4 "2008-01-28T11:14:27Z")

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My god! I remember at school being told by the teacher that he’d died. That article brought it back as clear as day. I’d have been four years old.