Author: William Edward BirkhimerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Homing pigeons
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Memoir on the Use of Homing Pigeons for Military Purposes
Author: William Edward BirkhimerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Homing pigeons
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
War Pigeons
Author: Elizabeth G. MacalasterPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476680809
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
For more than seven decades, homing pigeons provided the U.S. military with its fastest most reliable means of communication. 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. Barely weighing a pound, these extraordinary birds carried messages in and out of gas, smoke, exploding bombs and gunfire. They flew through jungles, deserts and mountains, not faltering even when faced with large expanses of ocean to cross. 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 to the birds' invaluable role in communications in every branch of the U.S. military through both World Wars and beyond. Personal narratives, primary sources and news articles tell the story of the pigeons' recruitment and training in the U.S., their deployment abroad and use on the home front.
Report of the Chief Signal Officer, United States Army, to the Secretary of War
Author: United States. Army. Signal CorpsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1158
Book Description
Homing Pigeon, Care and Training for Military Purposes, February, 1920
Author: United States. Army. Signal Corps. War DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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The Homing Pigeon
Author: United States. Army. Signal CorpsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Homing pigeons
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Annual Reports of the War Department
Author: United States. War DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
Annual Report of the Chief Signal Officer Made to the Secretary of War for the Year ...
Author: United States. Army. Signal CorpsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
The work covers military signaling and the weather service. The latter brand was transferred in 1890, to the Weather Bureau, organized under the Dept. of Agriculture.
Signal Service Notes
Author: United States. Army. Signal CorpsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History
Author: Cincinnati Society of Natural HistoryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Cincinnati (Ohio), Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description