Winged Messengers Serve in the Pacific. An Army Signal Corps carrier pigeon trains for duty as ship-to-shore dispatch carrier aboard a Coast Guard Combat Cutter somewhere in the Pacific. This striking picture of the winged messenger passing the stars and stripes was made by a Coast Guard combat photographer, covering the war in the Pacific. Private First Class Rudolph Mueller, of Altoona, Pa., watches the pidgeon's flight toward the hutch on the deck.

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Photo credit: © NB/USC / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: 17-a2-218, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg