> I think it was WWII when the Swedes were using elk-drawn sleds to
>remove casualties from the front line. There was an elk that was decorated
>after pulling several unconscious soldiers more than 20 miles to the
>hospital over rough terrain without direction with a broken leg. I think
>the driver was killed in the explosion that injured the elk. The Elk was
>given one of the highest honors the army had to give, and there were
>pictures of the elk with a medal hanging off of its antlers on the front of
>several newspapers.
> The elk was subsequently captured and Hitler ordered it executed.
>What a wanker.
>
Absolutely no argument there.
Oki
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