"Through all of her treatment, and despite the pain she was in, her temperament never changed. Her fighting spirit was plain to see and I was so proud of how quickly she recovered."
The Marine dog was honored with PDSA, which has been previously bestowed upon a few dozen dogs, a few World War II messenger pigeons, as well as three horses and a cat. Lucca is the 67th animal to be honored with the medal, which is reserved for those who show exceptional service in a military conflict."
Wait... A cat?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_(cat)
"Simon rapidly gained a reputation for cheekiness, leaving presents of dead rats in sailors' beds, and sleeping in the captain's cap.[1]
During the Yangtze Incident in 1949, the badly wounded cat crawled on deck, and was rushed to the medical bay, where the ship's surviving medical staff cleaned his burns, and removed four pieces of shrapnel, but he was not expected to last the night. He managed to survive.
Following the ship's escape from the Yangtze, Simon became an instant celebrity, lauded in British and world news, and presented with the "Animal Victoria Cross", the Dickin Medal, as well as a Blue Cross medal, the Amethyst campaign medal, and the fanciful rank of "Able Seacat". Thousands of letters were written to him, so much that one Lt Stewart Hett was appointed "cat officer" to deal with Simon's post."
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