Simon was the ship's cat of HMS Amethyst, wounded during the 1949 Yangtze Incident and later recognized with the PDSA Dickin Medal.

中国长江 / 英国皇家海军 HMS Amethyst

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Simon was the ship's cat of HMS Amethyst, wounded during the 1949 Yangtze Incident and later recognized with the PDSA Dickin Medal.

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