Army homing pigeon training and services to keep pace with the latest developments in army aviation. Acknowledged the world's outstanding military pigeon expert, Poutre is credited with having streamlined the U. in the fall of 1936, working under the keen tutelage of Civilian Pigeoneer, Thomas Ross, a Scotsman who was one of the foremost pigeon experts in the world, and after his death, took over as head of the Pigeon Breeding and Training Center. Poutre was then assigned to the lofts at Fort Monmouth, N.J. Poutre enlisted as a Private in 1929, soon after, became a Pigeoneer stationed at the 11th Signal Company, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii until 1936. Army Signal Corps Pigeon Service, 1936-1943. Here, their memory is evoked by Colonel Clifford A. Their achievements embodied the attributes of service, endurance, loyalty and supreme courage. "The Pigeoneers" is an homage to the bravery of homing pigeons who saved thousands of lives in combat in the Great World Wars.
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