>Jackie spent time in the trenches in France where he tried to build a wall around himself during extreme enemy fire, but a piece of shrapnel from an explosion flew over the wall hitting Jackie in the leg and arm.
>When stretcher bearers tried to take Jackie away he refused, desperate to finish his wall and hide.
BadBoyFTW t1_j1dth61 wrote
Reply to TIL about a Baboon called Coporal Jackie - he was a mascot of the South Afrifcan Army during WW1 and went to war with his owner. He was shot in the shoulder, had his right leg blown off and eventually died in a home fire. by Jinkzuk
>Jackie spent time in the trenches in France where he tried to build a wall around himself during extreme enemy fire, but a piece of shrapnel from an explosion flew over the wall hitting Jackie in the leg and arm.
>When stretcher bearers tried to take Jackie away he refused, desperate to finish his wall and hide.
That's so awful.