The U.S. Army’s Signal Corps Pigeon program, which was headquartered at Fort Monmouth, NJ from 1919 until its discontinuation in 1957, remains one of the most requested topics from the CECOM ...

The Army’s pigeon program, which began in 1917 under the orders of General John Pershing, was headquartered at Fort Monmouth under the Signal Corps from 1919 until its discontinuation in 1957 ...

The U.S. Army Signal Corps' pigeon service debuted in France in 1918. By the time the Meuse-Argonne Offensive began in September of that year, U.S. forces were using nearly 450 U.S. pigeons.

A claim shared to social media purported to tell the tale of a heroic carrier pigeon named Cher Ami, a member of the U.S. Army Pigeon Service who served in World War I. According to the claim ...

During World War I, more than 100,000 pigeons flew missions as part of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in France. One famous pigeon, Cher Ami, was used to delivered 12 messages in Verdun, France during ...

The role of pigeons during World War Two has been remembered as owners gathered for the start of a pigeon club's racing season. The birds carried vital messages about troop positions and early news of ...