War Pigeons
War Pigeons For more than seven decades, homing pigeons provided the U.S. Originally bred for racing in the early 1800s, homing pigeons were later trained by pigeoneers to fly up to 60 mph for…
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War Pigeons
For more than seven decades, homing pigeons provided the U.S. Originally bred for racing in the early 1800s, homing pigeons were later trained by pigeoneers to fly up to 60 mph for hundreds of miles, and served the United States for almost 75 years, through four wars on four continents. military with its fastest most reliable means of communication.
They flew through jungles, deserts and mountains, not faltering even when faced with large expanses of ocean to cross. Barely weighing a pound, these extraordinary birds carried messages in and out of gas, smoke, exploding bombs and gunfire. Sometimes they arrived nearly dead from wounds or exhaustion, refusing to give up until they reached their objective.This book is the first complete account of the remarkable service that homing pigeons provided for the American armed forces, from its fledgling beginnings after the Civil War
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