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hubag bohol · « **on:** August 20, 2013, 02:40:23 PM »

Simon With His Dickin Medal

Perhaps the most famous animal mascot to receive the Dickin VC medal was Simon, the ship's cat who served on board the HMS Amethyst, a British escort sloop, just after WW II, in April 1949.

The sloop, a ship originally designed for convoy escort duty during the Second World War, was in China as Mao Tse-Tung's forces consolidated their hold on the country.

The Amethyst was trapped on the Yangtze River and shelled by the Chinese. The ship was hit 50 times. Seventeen were killed; 25 wounded. Simon was trapped in the wreckage and not found for four days.

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #1 on:** August 20, 2013, 02:42:23 PM »

HMS Amethyst After Returning Home To England

The Communist forces then besieged the ship for most of the summer. Despite his wounds, Simon continued his duties, hunting rats on the trapped ship, helping to preserve the dwindling food supply, until the incident ended. It should be noted, that Simon was the only cat to ever receive the award. -- http://community-2.webtv.net/

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hubag bohol · « **Reply #2 on:** August 20, 2013, 02:44:02 PM »

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