May 03, 2011

Throwing a curveball at you today. Why a pigeon?
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Surrounded, being pummeled by friendly artillery, all communications were cut off. Two other pigeons were sent off, and both were shot out of the air. Cher Ami was the last chance the Battalion had. He was shot in the breast, blinded in one eye, and had one leg nearly blown off, yet he still managed to get to Division HQ. His message received, the Battalion was soon relieved, saving nearly 200 troops.
The Division hailed Cher Ami as a hero, and doctors spent long hours trying to save him. Eventually he pulled through, though he lost the leg. Doctors whittled him a wooden one, however.
He was awarded Croix de Guerre for heroism, and died in 1919. He's preserved in the Smithsonian.
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