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For more than seven decades, homing pigeons provided the U.S. military with its fastest most reliable means of communication. Originally bred for racing in the early 1800s, homing pigeons were later trained by pigeoneers to fly up to 60 mph for hundreds of miles, and served the United States for almost 75 years, through four wars on four continents. Barely weighing a pound, these extraordinary birds carried messages in and out of gas, smoke, exploding bombs and gunfire. They flew through jungles, deserts and mountains, not faltering even when faced with large expanses of ocean to cross. Sometimes they arrived nearly dead from wounds or exhaustion, refusing to give up until they reached their objective.
This book is the first complete account of the remarkable service that homing pigeons provided for the American armed forces, from its fledgling beginnings after the Civil War
For more than seven decades, homing pigeons provided the U.S. military with its fastest most reliable means of communication. Originally bred for racing in the early 1800s, homing pigeons were later trained by pigeoneers to fly up to 60 mph for hundreds of miles, and served the United States for
The first volume in the Vatta's War series - an action-packed military SF series from the Nebula Award winning author of The Speed of
The third volume in the Vatta's War series - an explosive military SF series from the Nebula Award winning author of The Speed of
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The second volume in the Vatta's War series - an explosive science fiction adventure series from the Nebula Award winning author of The Speed of
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The fifth and final volume in the explosive Vatta's War series, from the Nebula Award winning author of The Speed of
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The fourth volume in this explosive science fiction adventure series, from the Nebula Award winning author of The Speed of
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