In October 1918, World War I had been raging in Europe for more than
four years. When Major Charles Whittlesey led the U.S. 77th Division
into France's Argonne Forest, his troops were soon surrounded and cut
off from escape by German forces. Things became even more dangerous when
the division came under friendly fire from U.S. forces. The troops' only
hope was to send a carrier pigeon named Cher Ami with a desperate
message to stop the attack. Read all about the brave little pigeon that
carried out a dangerous mission to deliver a desperate message across a
deadly battlefield.