this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2023
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Animals with Jobs

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Staff Sergeant Reckless is a fun story and reckless carried full rank not honorary.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Reckless

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I hope he got a good pension

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I don't know if they gelded dogs but I imagine his retirement plan included studding.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A lot of animals served in WWI. Hell, a French carrier pigeon was awarded the Croix de Guerre. Thousands of horses served and died. The record is pretty grim, really.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

That's interesting and also grim, like you said. I feel bad for all the horses.