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rdfs:label
  • Cher Ami
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  • Cher Ami (French 'male form' for "Dear Friend") was a registered Black Check Cock homing pigeon which had been donated by the pigeon fanciers of Britain for use by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in France during World War I and had been trained by American pigeoneers. He helped save the Lost Battalion of the 77th Division in the battle of the Argonne, October 1918.
  • Cher Ami (French for "dear friend", in the masculine) was a homing pigeon which had been donated by the pigeon fanciers of Britain for use by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in France during World War I and had been trained by American pigeoneers. She helped save the Lost Battalion of the 77th Division in the battle of the Argonne, October 1918.
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Unit
  • 77
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serviceyears
  • 1918
Branch
death place
  • Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
Name
  • Cher Ami
Caption
  • Cher Ami on display
placeofburial label
  • Place of display
Awards
death date
  • 1919-06-13
Allegiance
Battles
Breed
  • Black Check Cock [homing pigeon]
laterwork
  • Department of Service mascot
placeofburial
  • Smithsonian Institution
abstract
  • Cher Ami (French 'male form' for "Dear Friend") was a registered Black Check Cock homing pigeon which had been donated by the pigeon fanciers of Britain for use by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in France during World War I and had been trained by American pigeoneers. He helped save the Lost Battalion of the 77th Division in the battle of the Argonne, October 1918.
  • Cher Ami (French for "dear friend", in the masculine) was a homing pigeon which had been donated by the pigeon fanciers of Britain for use by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in France during World War I and had been trained by American pigeoneers. She helped save the Lost Battalion of the 77th Division in the battle of the Argonne, October 1918.