Suddenly above his loft at Ramont he appears again, he drops from the sky like a rocket.
Suddenly above his loft at Ramont he appears again, he drops from the sky like a rocket. Striking the loft, breast first, he staggers, sways from side to side, and then, hopping on one bloody leg, he makes for the entrance landing board ... the tube bearing the message was hanging by the ligament of the leg that had been shot through; there was a hole through the breast bone made by the same bullet"
“Cher Ami [was] the black checker cock which delivered twelve important messages on the Verdun front and lost a leg in the Argonne. ... The little courier was hit by a bullet just as he was leaving Grand Prè. The boys in the trenches saw him stagger and shouted, 'He's done forland watched to see where he would fall—but he didn't. For a few seconds he fluttered helplessly about, then gathering himself together he went on through the hail of shrapnel and machine gun fire, and was out of sight. ...
One of the most famous pigeons used by the American army in WWI was Cher Ami.
Animals in WWI
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