• Black and white side view of a pigeon used in World War II to carry messages.
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    Cher Ami was a heroic American homing pigeon who was wounded while carrying a message from the "Lost Battalion" of the 77th Infantry Division. The bird is now part of the collections of the National Museum of American History.

  • Black and white side view of a pigeon used in World War II to carry messages.

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