October 25, 2018
Cher Ami is the pigeon that crossed enemy lines to deliver a message from the Lost Battalion saying that troops from Allied Forces, who did not know their location, had begun to shoot at them. The bird's body is on display at the Smithsonian Institution.
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Finding the Lost Battalion
The stuff of legends! There are many books and movies about the six days of hell the Lost Battalion endured.
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