A baby pigeon, called to duty, takes the train

Tunisia:  Allied Troops Closing in on Tunis, 1943

This photo was taken one day before the fall of Tunis. The photo shows Germans searching for their belongings in a gun position that has received a direct hit.  Photo by No. 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit.  © IWM (NA 2517)

The document below comes from the Gordon H. Hayes Collection, catalog number MSS294, held by the Holt-Atherton Special Collections Department at the University of the Pacific Library.  Used by permission. You can request reproductions of other materials in the Gordon H. Hayes Collection by contacting librarian Nicole Grady, ngrady@pacific.edu.

War Pigeons: Captain Fulton, G.I. Joe

The documents below come from the Gordon H. Hayes Collection, catalog number MSS294, held by the Holt-Atherton Special Collections Department at the University of the Pacific Library.  You can request reproductions of other materials in the Gordon H. Hayes Collection by contacting librarian Nicole Grady, ngrady@pacific.edu.  Pictured below is G.I. Joe.

 

War Pigeons: Yank, Lady Astor, The Doll Baby

The documents below come from the Gordon H. Hayes Collection, catalog number MSS294, held by the Holt-Atherton Special Collections Department at the University of the Pacific Library.  Used by permission.  You can request reproductions of other materials in the Gordon H. Hayes Collection by contacting librarian Nicole Grady, ngrady@pacific.edu.

 

Lt. Stratton with Yank at Fort Monmouth, N.J.  Photo by Otto Meyer, 1946.  Below is The Doll Baby with unidentified pigeoneer.

9 HQ Section Pigeons, 1943

(c) Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, London, UK

Catalog numbers: WO169/11223  #01, #02, #03, #06, #08