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WORLD WAR II REPLICA 2-BIRD CARTON

WORLD WAR II REPLICA 2-BIRD CARTON

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Use it to carry 1 or 2 birds. Removable divider. For small to medium birds. Folds flat for storage. Reusable with release door and vent holes. Cardboard. 12ﾔ long x 6 1/4ﾔ wide x 6 1/4ﾔ high.

The use of signal communication in WWI was extensive and the tasks of the Signal Corps varied. Some of the tasks were: radio, telephone, photographic, pigeon and other special services. The pigeon service did not exist in the American Army prior to WWI. Experiments on the Mexican border had been unsuccessful due to the Inexperience of the personnel handling the birds. However the Chief Signal Officer of the American Expeditionary Force (A.E.F.) recommended the establishment of a pigeon service as a branch of the Signal Corps and it was quite successful. In the Meuse-Argonne offensive, a total of 442 American birds were used and approximately four hundred messages were delivered."

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