Presentation on "War Pigeons" next Thursday, Sept. 3rd at Crowder College
The presentation will deal with the history of the U.S. Army Pigeon Corps and its training program at Camp Crowder.
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Lt. Colonel Tim Scherrer will present “War Pigeon! Missouri’s Role in the Training of Pigeons and Pigeoneers in WWII” at 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 3 in Wright Conference Center, Neosho.
The presentation will deal with the history of the U.S. Army Pigeon Corps and its training program at Camp Crowder in Neosho, Missouri.
Discover how the Army trained and deployed carrier pigeons, learn about the unusual Signal Pigeon Company and its ability to breed and maintain its own birds, and hear stories of heroic pigeons that carried vital messages under dangerous conditions.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
A native of Quincy, Illinois, Tim Scherrer received his B.A. and M.A. in History from Truman State University where he was also a Distinguished Military Graduate of the Army ROTC program. He also studied at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
He has worked at Truman State University and taught Military Science and Military History at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
He is the author of numerous volumes of Military History and Missouri History, and his newest Missouri History book Do Our Part: The Tragic Tale of the Weldon Spring Ordnance Works, on the communities displaced by the Department of War for construction of a TNT plant in World War II, will be released this year.
