Cher Ami (French for 'dear friend,' in the masculine) was a ma | The Open University

Cher Ami (French for "dear friend," in the masculine) was a male homing pigeon who had been donated by Britain to the U.S. Army Signal Corps in France during World War I. He is famous for delivering a message from an encircled battalion despite serious injuries during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, in October 1918.
"Cher Ami" was dispatched with a note, written on onion paper, in a canister on his righ: leg;
"We are along the road parallel [sic] to 276.4. Our own artillery is dropping a barrage directly on us. For heavens sake stop it."

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