LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-11. A JAPANESE CARRIER PIGEON CAPTURED AT THE TOR RIVER NEAR WAKDE ON ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 073888
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Rogers, M B
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-06-11. A JAPANESE CARRIER PIGEON CAPTURED AT THE TOR RIVER NEAR WAKDE ON 1944-05-26. ON THE RING ATTACHED TO THE PIGEON'S LEG THE FIGURE 9456 IS SHOWN IN ENGLISH AND JAPANESE NUMERALS. THE PIGEON IS NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF HEADQUARTERS 1ST PIGEON SECTION.