A MEMORIAL TO HOMING PIEGEONS IN COMBAT MEMORIAL BIRDBATH
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Listing Details
Location: MALTERER AVENUE-BUILDINGS 550 AND 551
City: FORT MONMOUTH
State: New Jersey
Zip Code: 7703
Type of Memorial: Birdbath Pigeon War Memorial
Year Dedicated: 1960
Access: Military Base
Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II AND KOREAN WAR
Photograph By: FORT MONMOUTH HISTORICAL OFFICE
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THE BIRDBATH PIGEON MEMORIAL WAS A COMMEMORATION OF WINGED COURIERS WHO “GOT THE MESSAGE THROUGH” DURING WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II AND THE KOREAN WAR. THE BIRDBATH MEMORIAL IS NO LONGER BUT THE PLAQUE WAS REMOVED TO KAPLAN HALL AND IS LISTED IN THIS REGISTRY.
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