Cher Ami the pigeons

• Cher Ami was a registered Black Check Cock carrier pigeon, one of 600 birds owned and flown by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in France during World War I.

• Cher Ami was a female homing pigeon who had been donated by the pigeon fanciers of Britain for use by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in France during World War I and had been trained by American pigeoneers.

• This pigeon was housed in world war 1 to send messages and this pigeon saved 197 men's lives. She broke a leg but she did not give up flying. Cher Ami in  French means “dear friend.”  

• She got shot on the leg by a sniper gun but she  managed to fly back to base.She survived for one year.she earned a gold medal.