| Cher Ami the Carrier Pigeon’s Twin Canisters | |
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Origin |
Cher Ami the Carrier Pigeon |
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Type |
Canisters |
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Effects |
Notes put in one teleport to the other |
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Activation |
Inserting a note into one |
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Collected by |
Agent Jake Torres |
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Section |
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Aisle |
7612-34D86 |
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Shelf |
PO3-9813-544OK |
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Date of Collection |
05/2005 |
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Origin[]
Cher Ami (1914 - 1919), which is French for Dear Friend, was a homing pigeon who had been given to the U.S. Army Signal Corps in France during World War I by the British, trained by American pigeoneers. She helped save the Lost Battalion of the 77th Division in the Battle of the Argonne, October 1918. There had been more than five hundred men trapped in a small depression on the side of the hill behind enemy lines without food or ammunition. They had also begun to receive friendly fire from allied troops who were unaware of their location. Major Charles White Whittlesey attempted to send out two other pigeons with notes however they had been shot down, with only Cher Ami left they put all their faith into her and sent her out. It was a dangerous flight and the Germans did manage to shoot Cher Ami down but she got up and continued on. She managed to get twenty five miles in twenty five minutes saving the lives of the one hundred and ninety four survivors even though she had been shot in the breast, blinded in one eye, covered in blood and with one of her legs hanging on only by a tendon. Cher Ami became a hero and received aid as such as Army medics refused to let the bird die. They were unable to save the leg but they managed to save her life, giving her a wooden leg and enough strength for her to return to France.
Effects[]
Notes put in one teleport to the other, no matter how far apart they are.