AdvertisementPaying Attention To A Forgotten Navy Pig's PlaquePlay03:00Download AudioJuly 13, 2011Jacob McClelandfacebookEmailKing Neptune, a 700-pound pig who lived on a southern Illinois farm, was used as a gimmick by a Navy recruiter to help raise funds during World War II. (Courtesy of The Collection of Union County Historical and Genealogy Society: Cobden, Ill.)