A parachute that was reportedly attached to pigeons to carry handwritten messages during World War II has been found after roughly 80 years. A family recently donated the rare item to the House on the ...
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In 1982 a carrier pigeon skeleton was found in a chimney, still carrying an encrypted message sent during World War II
Sadly, this pigeon's top-secret message will never be read.
In the past, armies often depended on pigeons to carry messages. When communication lines failed during war, these birds became lifelines between soldiers and commanders. Homing pigeons could fly more ...
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