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No one seems to know where this was taken or why they guy is carrying the donkey.  Best explanation I found is that donkeys were very valuable to these folks and they were protecting the baby.

 

I'll have to say that the donkey looks pretty happy.

 

 

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1958 - 13th Demi-Brigade French Foreign Legion

 

July 1958:
– rescue of Bambi
– a lonely starving small donkey was rescued by Harka of 13e DBLE
– a photo of a 13e DBLE member carrying the small donkey on his back became world-wide known
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals based in London sent a lettre to the Legion
– it thanked the Legion for that “demonstration of humanity
– the small donkey was given a name, Bambi, and became the mascot of 13e DBLE

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1958 - 13th Demi-Brigade French Foreign Legion

 

July 1958:
– rescue of Bambi
– a lonely starving small donkey was rescued by Harka of 13e DBLE
– a photo of a 13e DBLE member carrying the small donkey on his back became world-wide known
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals based in London sent a lettre to the Legion
– it thanked the Legion for that “demonstration of humanity
– the small donkey was given a name, Bambi, and became the mascot of 13e DBLE

 

You Da Man

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