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| Tango01 | 08 Jul 2020 10:30 p.m. PST |
(The Homing Pigeon Named President Wilson) "The patriotically named "President Wilson" was one of the many homing pigeons that served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I. Born in France, his initial assignment was with the U.S. Army's newly formed Tank Corps. He first saw action delivering messages for the 326th and 327th Tank Battalions commanded by Col. George S. Patton in the St. Mihiel Offensive. Assigned to the forwardmost squad in the advance, soldiers released him from the turret of a tank to fly back to the pigeon loft with a message conveying the locations of enemy machine gun nests. Artillery could then be brought to bear before the infantry advanced…"
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