. St. Nicholas [serial]. tin time. JUST IN TIME BY EDWIN PETERSON (AGE 15) (Silver Badge) The Seventy-seventh Division, U. S. Marines, was en-tirely surrounded by the Germans. The Argonne woodswere infested by machine-guns. Shells whizzed, boomed,crashed. It was the fifth day that the 77th Division hadbeen shut in, but still Major Whittlesey refused to sur-render. It was five days since the battalion had tastedfood or water, except small morsels of emergency ra-tions, or had had an hours uninterrupted rest. Cher Ami was a carrier-pigeon, the companys mas-cot. He had been forgotten in the midst
. St. Nicholas [serial]. tin time. JUST IN TIME BY EDWIN PETERSON (AGE 15) (Silver Badge) The Seventy-seventh Division, U. S. Marines, was en-tirely surrounded by the Germans. The Argonne woodswere infested by machine-guns. Shells whizzed, boomed,crashed. It was the fifth day that the 77th Division hadbeen shut in, but still Major Whittlesey refused to sur-render. It was five days since the battalion had tastedfood or water, except small morsels of emergency ra-tions, or had had an hours uninterrupted rest. Cher Ami was a carrier-pigeon, the companys mas-cot. He had been forgotten in the midst of dyingsoldiers, in the midst of shot and shell, in the midst ofintense suffering on every side. A soldier, looking for his kit, came across the cage inwhich Cher Ami was huddled in a corner, half dead withfright and hunger. He was sent out with a sooner had the bird left the hands of the liberator,than one of its legs was shot off. The bird fluttered,started to fall, recovered itself, and flew on CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA. BY MARGARET SCOGGIN, AGE 15(GOLD BADGE. SILVER BADGE WON MAY, 1919) Only one thing was calling him onward—home, home;to Cher Ami the one thought was home. A live mass of feathers, soggy with blood, fell into thehands of an orderly. It was Cher Ami, delivering theprecious message. It was through this message that adetachment of soldiers was able to rescue what remainedof the Lost Battalion. One hundred and ninety-fourstarved, crazed, and wounded heroes that had beenwithout food, water, rest, sleep, shelter, or medicaltreatment for nearly six days, were saved through afaithful pigeon! This touching tale of a little bird bringing succor tothe remainder of the Lost Battalion, just in time tosave it from annihilation that seemed inevitable, willlive in song and story for generations to come.
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