Carrier Pigeon Communications

Gregory Flood - 3/4/2018

Check out this article by David Winkler in Seapower Magazine about the U.S. Navy's use of carrier pigeons: Carrier Pigeon Communications


See also this video: United States Navy pilot sends carrier pigeon with distress signal

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