Download or read book War Pigeons written by Elizabeth G. Macalaster and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-10-08 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than seven decades, homing pigeons provided the U.S. military with its fastest most reliable means of communication. Originally bred for racing in the early 1800s, homing pigeons were later trained by pigeoneers to fly up to 60 mph for hundreds of miles, and served the United States for almost 75 years, through four wars on four continents. Barely weighing a pound, these extraordinary birds carried messages in and out of gas, smoke, exploding bombs and gunfire. They flew through jungles, deserts and mountains, not faltering even when faced with large expanses of ocean to cross. Sometimes they arrived nearly dead from wounds or exhaustion, refusing to give up until they reached their objective. This book is the first complete account of the remarkable service that homing pigeons provided for the American armed forces, from its fledgling beginnings after the Civil War to the birds' invaluable role in communications in every branch of the U.S. military through both World Wars and beyond. Personal narratives, primary sources and news articles tell the story of the pigeons' recruitment and training in the U.S., their deployment abroad and use on the home front.

Download or read book Technical Manual written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook on German Military Forces written by United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Division and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook on German Military Forces written by and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook on Japanese Military Forces written by U.S. War Department and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1995-08-01 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1944 the U.S. Army published this manual for its officers in the Pacific Theater an expanded version of the original 1942 manual of the same name—and ever since, it has been the best single reference source on the wartime Japanese military available in the English language. By 1944, the army had had time to assess its enemy closely and was coming to understand him, and its vast knowledge was distilled into the handbook. The handbook details the Japanese military system, field organization, tactics, and weapons and equipment, and the strengths and weaknesses that resulted from them. Extensively illustrated, it contains sections on the Japanese special forces, the military police, uniforms and insignia, and conventional signs and abbreviations. It covers, besides the army, the Japanese Air Service, with emphasis on its tactics and organization. Issued to officers for briefings and periodically updated, the handbook’s purpose was to assist in the winning of the war, and thus it strove to be absolutely reliable for its users in combat. It was compiled by a team of officers who integrated the research of others, and it contains information provided by the U.S. Marines and also by British and Australian intelligence. Packed with information, it is a major primary source that military historians and World War II buffs will find fascinating.

Download or read book Handbook on Japanese Military Forces written by United States. War Department and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bibliography of Scientific and Industrial Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 1840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book War Department Technical Manual written by and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Signal Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book U S Army Handbook 1939 1945 written by George Forty and published by Scribner. This book was released on 1979 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book American Pigeon Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of the German Army in War April 1918 written by Great Britain. War Office. General Staff and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Signal Pigeon Company Handbook written by United States War Department and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special re-print edition of the United States War Department's book "Signal Pieon Manual" provides information on the use of Homing Pigeons as messengers during the Second World War. Written in 1944, this manual was issued to members of the U.S. Signal Pigeon Corps. The United States Army Pigeon Service (a.k.a. Signal Pigeon Corps) was a unit of the United States Army during World War I and World War II. Their assignment was the training and usage of homing pigeons for communication and reconnaissance purposes. During World War II, the force consisted of 3,150 soldiers and 54,000 war pigeons, which were considered an undetectable method of communication. Over 90% of US Army messages sent by pigeons were received. This reprinted text is fascimile of the manual issued during the last years of World War Two to enlisted men in the Signal Pigeon Corps on how to care for and utilize homing pigeons as millitary messengers. A fascinating read. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.

Download or read book The German Army Handbook of 1918 written by David Nash and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exact reproduction of the landmark British assessment of German military capability in the final months of World War I. Compiled by British Intelligence, for restricted official issue by the General Staff, The German Army Handbook of April 1918 is a comprehensive assessment of the German Army during the latter stages of the First World War. Illustrated throughout with plates, diagrams, charts, tables, and maps, it provides a detailed breakdown of the army, covering all aspects from recruiting and training, mobilization, command and organization, weapons and signals to transportation, medical and veterinary services, and uniform. There are also two maps, showing Army Corps Districts, and Zones of Administration and Lines of Command in June 1917. The German Army Handbook of 1918 was a remarkable achievement. It provides solutions to many questions that histories of the First World War and accounts of its battles are unable to answer. It shows how the static conventions of trench warfare usurped the traditional role of cavalry, and how the German Army was able to take advantage of the dominance of the machine gun on the Western Front in 1915.

Download or read book The Homing Or Carrier Pigeon written by William Bernhard Tegetmeier and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book American Handbook written by United States. Office of War Information and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An adaptation and expansion of the handbook designed originally for the use of the Office of war information outposts throughout the world. A condensed version by the News and feature bureau of the Office of war information was published in London, 1943, under title: A handbook of the United States of America.

Download or read book A Handbook of the United States of America written by United States. Office of War Information and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: