Warfare-shion

World War 1

Readers Digest was founded by Sgt. Dewitt Wallace of the 35th Division who perfected his ability to summarize magazine articles as he was recovering from severe wounds he received in the Argonne Forest.

During service in Europe 829 trained pigeons flew 10,995 missions with American Naval Aviators; they accomplished 219 successful communications missions. Eleven were declared missing in action.

Major Charles Wittlesey used homing pigeons to let the American troops know of their whereabouts. One such home pigeon, “Cher Ami,” was nearly shot to death but kept flying until it reached its destination.

Over one-third of all men born in Britain between 1892 and 1895 were killed during the Great War.



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