Carrier pigeons were a big part of getting messages across to bases from troops during war and when you're surrounded by German forces from all sides then that makes it the only way to get a message of help across.

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https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_425415

https://www.si.edu/object/cher-ami%3Anmah_425415

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/cher-ami

https://www.vox.com/2015/5/6/8556859/pigeons-skinner-orcon-underrated

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Battalion_(World_War_I)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/10/07/attacked-starved-century-old-diary-recounts-us-soldiers-trapped-behind-enemy-lines/

https://www.americanheritage.com/lost-battalion#1

https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/finding-the-lost-battalion-home.html

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