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Military Homing Pigeons
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Outdoor photograph of a man's arm and hand holding a military homing pigeon. A sign on the cage in the background reads: "Military Homing Pigeons. These are the birds that work to save the lives of our boys in France."
February 18, 1919
Signal Corps Photography Lab
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Man Holding Homing Pigeon
February 18, 1919
Outdoor photograph of a man holding a military homing pigeon in on hand, and a rolled up piece of paper in the other. There is a group of pigeons inside a cage nearby, and a sign on the front of it...
Carrier Pigeon with Message
November 5, 1918
A soldier in uniform holds a pigeon with a message on its leg at the 4th Corps Pigeon Loft, Essey, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France.
Downed German Plane
October 4, 1918
German plane shot down between Montfaucon and Cierges, France.
Troops on Transport Arriving in France
1918
View looking up towards men of the 32nd Division aboard the steamship Leviathan arriving at Brest, France.
Carrier Pigeons
February 1, 1919
A man is standing near a cage for carrier pigeons camouflaged in the hay. Captioned: "A camouflaged, but homelike, haven for carrier pigeons. They carry messages from the trenches and were introduc...
Farmhouse Used for Military Housing
1918
U.S. soldiers are standing in front of a stone farmhouse used for military housing in France. A pond with geese is in the foreground, and a horse is standing at the edge of the pond in the center.
