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@MilitaryPigeons
Celebrating those pigeons who helped keep our countries safe & free from peril! Sharing pics, videos, & articles all about military pigeons. #columbellumology
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Joined February 2022
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New blog post! Pigeons in the Siege of Antwerp, 1832!
https://t.co/wCQf2yqga0
Camouflaged British mobile loft, WWI (courtesy of the London Transport Museum)
Soldier from the Israeli Defense Forces Signal Corps holding pigeon, c. 1940s (courtesy of Hanan Bahir)
Soldier from an Israeli Defense Forces pigeon unit with mobile carrying case, c. 1950s (courtesy of Palmach Archive)
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36ulster-division
@36ulsterD
Keen WW1 enthusiast specifically relating to the 36th Ulster Division. Any documents or photos of relatives, please email [email protected]
Remember the fallen
@war_fallen
Researcher & Administrator of Worcestershire War Memorials & more. Researcher of nurses who died in conflict. All views my own
alan1945
@a_london_pigeon
The meek shall inherit the Earth? We already have.
This account now semi-retired. Still around because every pigeon needs to be somewhere. Bless you every one.
Pigeons sitting on top of a memorial for Israeli military pigeons at Tzrifin base, c. 1950 (courtesy of Reuters)
Pigeon sitting on top of an Israeli Palmach cannon, c. 1948 (courtesy of the Palmach Archive)
Pigeon keeper for the Israeli Palmach, c. 1940s (courtesy of the Palmach Archives)
Israeli Communication Unit soldier training pigeons, Dec. 1, 1949 (courtesy of Reuters)
Israeli Communication Unit driving mobile lofts during a military parade, July 17, 1949 (courtesy of David Eldan)
Photos of the exterior a military dovecote in Azul, Argentina, c. 1901
Photos of an Argentine Army mobile coop and pigeons, c. 1944 (courtesy of https://t.co/fbGlDPozzD)
Outline of Argentine Army's pigeon network, 1894 (courtesy of https://t.co/fbGlDPozzD)
Illustration of an Argentine Army pigeoneer, 1903 (courtesy of https://t.co/68aJ5YrMkR)
Exterior of a military dovecote in San Luis, Argentina, c. 1930
Argentine Army pigeon station at Neuquén, c. 1900s-1920s (courtesy of Paraje Confluencia)
Argentine Army pigeoneers preparing for war maneuvers, c. 1925 (courtesy of Popular Mechanics)
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Austro-Hungarian soldiers feeding pigeons on the Albanian front, WWI (courtesy of the Austrian National Library)
Carrier Pigeon Released from the USS Iowa with a Message for Home Port, 1897 (courtesy of R. F. Zogbaum)
US Coast Guard officer handing a box of pigeons to a pilot to train for use on commercial fishing vessels, c. 1939 (courtesy of The Oregonian)
Of all the pigeons awarded the Dickin Medal, the Imperial War Museum recognised Gustav as the greatest to have served his country during WW2.
Gustav even had a ‘wife’ named Betty, who was also active in the National Pigeon Service.
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