Sergeant Abbott with "Big Tom," a courageous pigeon who delivered a message despite being injured by losing one leg and receiving a bullet through the breastbone. Photo taken on December 15, 1918, at Rampont Headquarters Pigeon Service, Signal Corps, Langres, Hte. Marne, France. This photo is assigned the number E 615

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