{"id":15762,"date":"2019-07-03T00:06:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T05:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/?p=15762"},"modified":"2019-07-03T00:06:31","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T05:06:31","slug":"coopers-book-report-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/?p=15762","title":{"rendered":"Cooper&#8217;s Book Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This month&#8217;s book is <em>Cher Ami: WWI\u00a0<\/em><em>Homing Pigeon<\/em> by Jeoming Dunn.<a href=\"http:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/?attachment_id=16833\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16833\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16833\" src=\"http:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1-2-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cher Ami was a carrier pigeon used in World War I to deliver messages for the US soldiers. She saved an encircled battalion during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in October 1918. She flew a total of 12 missions.<br \/>\nThe American army was outnumbered, had eaten all of their food and used all their first aid supplies. Then things got even worse. &#8220;Our artillery is dropping a barrage on us. For Heaven&#8217;s sake, stop!&#8221; &#8211; Major Whittlesey.<br \/>\nCher Ami was the soldiers&#8217; last hope. She took to the air, where she was shot. She flew 25\u00a0 miles to deliver her message. When she arrived, one leg was hanging on by a tendon, she was blind in one eye, and she had a hole in her breast.<br \/>\nCher Ami received many awards, including the Croix de Guerre Medal and a palm Oak Leaf Cluster. She died from her injuries on June 13, 1919. Her preserved body is on display at the Smithsonian in Washington DC.<a href=\"http:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/?attachment_id=16834\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16834\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16834\" src=\"http:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cooper thinks Cher Ami was an amazing and brave bird. She enjoyed the graphic novel style of the book (illustrations by Benn Dunn). There is a fact page and a glossary to help with some of the terms in the book. Cooper was glad that Cher Ami was recognized for her sacrifice. Cher Ami was a true hero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month&#8217;s book is Cher Ami: WWI\u00a0Homing Pigeon by Jeoming Dunn. Cher Ami was a carrier pigeon used in World War I to deliver messages for the US soldiers. She saved an encircled battalion during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in October &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/?p=15762\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435,1],"tags":[2759,7,2755,2289,179,2758,6,2756,2757],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15762"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16835,"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15762\/revisions\/16835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}