Rich County Reaper | 1929-11-29 | Page 2 | Pigeon Honored for World War Service |

Type	issue
Date	1929-11-29
Paper	Rich County Reaper
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Pigeon Honored for World War Service
Type	article
Date	1929-11-29
Paper	Rich County Reaper
Page	2
OCR Text	Show PIGEON E HONORED bioff dreb FOR WORLD WAR SERVICE the president ot of the french republic recently unveiled a me memorial morTal to a carrier pigeon on june 4 1910 1010 commander regnal Ilc gnal in the hold field released leased a lits his last carrier pigeon bearing an urgent call for reinforcements and the pigeon safely reached its destination t ti In reinforcements wore were sent and victory assured and for this achievement the pigeon was awarded tho the legion of honor although gh the flying powers of pigeons are well known few realize the amazing speeds at which they travel in one case at dundee during the war a P pigeon igeon flew 22 in miles lies from froin an airplane in 22 minutes and enabled help to be given to a hadly damaged damage machine in the crabtree i lying flying race from Ly ington the winning vinning pigeon flew 2748 yards a minute or miles an hour
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