World War II pigeon saves lives of 1000 British troops

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Catalog number WO204/3930  #40

Here is a link you can copy and paste to see the video from 1946 about GI Joe:

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/a-pigeon-gets-a-medal/query/pigeon+medal

The file has a typo stating that GI Joe saved the lives of 100 troops.  He saved 1000, and the inhabitants of the town.  Peter Huntington’s and David Long’s books on the Dickin Medal winners, published in 2012, verify that 1000 troops were saved.