AProudLefty
He sucks Damocles' dick. :)
Owls make great scouts. They can see far at night and will alarm in an instant.
Within the National Air and Space Museum’s Archive’s holdings are more than 75,000 aviation-related technical manuals. Amid all these aircraft maintenance manuals, engine overhaul manuals, and parts catalogs, there actually exists a U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF) manual that details the use of homing pigeons in combat zones during World War II. This document, Handling and Releasing Homing Pigeon from Aircraft in Flight, was issued to service personnel in August 1943 and was given a “restricted” security clearance by the U.S. Army.
Pigeons are flying pooping rats but they are useful. As to the owls, they are very good at scouting.
Homing pigeons served the AAF very capably and valiantly during World War II. They transmitted countless messages within numerous theaters of operation and, as a result, contributed much to the Allied war effort. During this war, 32 pigeons were decorated with the Dickin Medal. This award, created by the British organization, People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA), was granted to any animal displaying gallantry under fire. The U.S. Army Pigeon Service’s homing pigeon, G.I. Joe, received this medal for successfully delivering a life-saving message during combat conditions in Italy in October 1943.
Very honorable for those birds who love to shit on people and statues.
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/homing-pigeons-contributions-world-war-2
Within the National Air and Space Museum’s Archive’s holdings are more than 75,000 aviation-related technical manuals. Amid all these aircraft maintenance manuals, engine overhaul manuals, and parts catalogs, there actually exists a U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF) manual that details the use of homing pigeons in combat zones during World War II. This document, Handling and Releasing Homing Pigeon from Aircraft in Flight, was issued to service personnel in August 1943 and was given a “restricted” security clearance by the U.S. Army.
Pigeons are flying pooping rats but they are useful. As to the owls, they are very good at scouting.
Homing pigeons served the AAF very capably and valiantly during World War II. They transmitted countless messages within numerous theaters of operation and, as a result, contributed much to the Allied war effort. During this war, 32 pigeons were decorated with the Dickin Medal. This award, created by the British organization, People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA), was granted to any animal displaying gallantry under fire. The U.S. Army Pigeon Service’s homing pigeon, G.I. Joe, received this medal for successfully delivering a life-saving message during combat conditions in Italy in October 1943.
Very honorable for those birds who love to shit on people and statues.
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/homing-pigeons-contributions-world-war-2