Forget everything you think you know about mascots in the military.This one drank beer, puffed cigarettes… and carried 100-pound artillery shells into battle.Meet Wojtek — the Syrian brown bear who served in WWII as a legally enlisted soldier in the Polish Army.Discovered as a starving cub by troops passing through Iran in 1942, he was fed with a vodka bottle, raised by grunts, and taught to salute officers and march upright. When his unit was told they couldn’t bring a “mascot” to the Italian f