Who is MARY? Mary was a pigeon that saw service during WW II. But what is unique about Mary after all there were many pigeons that served during the war. MARY was enlisted in the EXETER GROUP on the National Pigeon Service lines of defensive communications. Her beat was from Taunton to Exeter she was also used from Plymouth to Exeter.She was released with a message from the United States VIII Corps she failed to return did she go AWOL? No four days later she dropped down on her loft covered with blood she was riped open from neck to her breast she had been attack by a falcon.Her owner was very much attached to her so he cleaned and stich up her wound when she healed up she was back into service again.Mary was wounded two more times and had a total of 22 stitches in her 1 pound body now this would be over 4000 stitches in the body of a 200 pound man.Mary recieved the DICKENS MEDAL for her service the English Pigeons Victoria Cross.That my friends is the story of MARY OF EXETER a true pigeon heroine. .GEORGE
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