国立アメリカ歴史博物館のインスタグラム(amhistorymuseum) - 6月14日 01時00分

Sometimes, heroes can fly. Cher Ami, pictured here, was a registered Black Check cock carrier pigeon and one of 600 birds owned and flown by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in France during World War I.
Cher Ami delivered twelve important messages during the war. On his last mission, he was shot through the breast and leg by enemy fire but still managed to return to his loft with a message capsule dangling from his wounded leg. The message Cher Ami carried was from Major Charles S. Whittlesey's "Lost Battalion" of the Seventy-seventy Infantry Division, who had been isolated from other American forces. The message brought about the relief of the 194 battalion survivors, who were rescued and brought back to safety behind American lines soon after.
For his heroic service, Cher Ami was awarded the French Croix de Guerre with palm. He was returned to the United States and died at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, on June 13, 1919, as a result of his wounds. Cher Ami was later inducted into the Racing Pigeon Hall of Fame in 1931, and received a gold medal from the Organized Bodies of American Pigeon Fanciers in recognition of his extraordinary service during World War I. [?: @airandspacemuseum]
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