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==Wartime use== |
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During the [[World War I|First]] and [[Second World War]]s, carrier pigeons were used to transport messages back to their home coop behind the lines. When they landed, wires in the coop would sound a bell or buzzer and a soldier of the [[Royal Corps of Signals|Signal Corps]] would know a message had arrived. He would go to the coop, remove the message from the canister, and send it to its destination by telegraph, field phone, or personal messenger. |
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A carrier pigeon's job was dangerous. Nearby enemy soldiers often tried to shoot down pigeons, knowing that released birds were carrying important messages. Some of these pigeons became quite famous among the infantrymen they worked for. One pigeon, named "The Mocker," flew 52 missions before he was wounded. Another, named "[[Cher Ami]]," lost her foot and one eye, but her message got through, saving a large group of [[Lost Battalion (World War I)|surrounded American infantrymen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.homeofheroes.com/wings/part1/3b_cherami.html|title= Cher Ami – The Carrier Pigeon who saved 200 men|journal=HomeOfHeroes.com}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 13:34, 21 June 2015
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History
Their reliability has lent itself to occasional use on mail routes, such as the Great Barrier Pigeongram Service established between Auckland, New Zealand and Great Barrier Island in November 1897.[1]
See also
- English Carrier
- Racing Homer
- Passenger pigeon
- Pigeon post
- Pigeon racing
- Pigeon photography
- IP over Avian Carriers — a Request for Comments that was published on April Fools' Day, 1990.
References
- ^ "Carrier pigeons still serve; Even in modern war they do messenger duty", The New York Times. April 12, 1936. p. SM26.
External links
- "The Passing of the Carrier Pigeon". Popular Mechanics: 194–197. February 1930.
- Reuters (2 November 2012). "WWII carrier pigeon remains found in UK chimney".
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