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Private Wojtek of the 22nd Artillery Transport Division of the Polish Armed Forces was a Syrian brown bear. Fighting alongside him was a teenage soldier called Wojciech Narebski. Now aged 94, Wojciech tells Jo Fidgen about the extraordinary sight of Private Wojtek, the bear, carrying artillery shells at the Battle of Monte Cassino. Image: Wojtek the bear embraces a soldier Credit: The Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum - London