A bear fought in WW2 and drank beer and smoked smokes

[Jesus X]

awesome

 

[irish_thug]

Best part of his story was him finding the enemy spy.

 

[The Day Walker**]

fictional

 

[Xplosives]

He was still a wild animal right? Can they even be completely tamed? What if he went apeshit one day and started mauling the army dudes.

Wheres Zookeeper gabe?

but he didn't. Bears have been tamed for centuries.

 

[bad seed]

but he didn't. Bears have been tamed for centuries.

bears are easier to tame than cats generally.
can you get tigers to do this?

 

[H0nkey K0ng]

ahhahahahahahaha

 

[Scuba]

that's just epic
no wonder we won lol

 

[KnightTemplar]

IIRC, the Polish Army donated him to Edinburgh Zoo after the War. One of the veterans visited the Zoo years later, and the bear still recognized him.

 

[Osculater]

I look up to him his MoNica

 

[the ambush]

I've heard of a horse and dog being used in combat warfare, so a bear isn't totally unreasonable it was groomed (for lack of better term) since it was a little, young cub. This comes as no surprise to me.

 

[DownwardStrike]

Booze and tobacco.

 

[CarbonFistprint]

This is why it's so important for us to preserve our right to keep and arm bears.

 

[weed]

Should've killed it, stolen its stoges & booze all the while taking a pic over its corpse. That'll get you all the hot broads into hunting, especially the hairy ones with poor hygiene.

 

[knuckleroll**]

Omg disgusting. Where is PETA on this? I think the ancestors who tortured this poor animal deserve to be sued

Bear reparations

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

While bears can be tamed as many exotics can be they always stay a little wild. Putting him in this combat situation made it much more likely for something bad to happen. Luckily it never did and sounds like a pretty amazing animal.