Alice Shackelford Clifton-Morekis
Biographic Data
| ID | 7347685 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alice Shackelford Clifton-Morekis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alice Shackelford |
| FAMILY NAME | Clifton-Morekis |
| SIGNATURE | CLIFTON-MOREKIS A S |
| AFFILIATIONS | School of History and Sociology, The Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0615-5161 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Front-line Fowl
The United States Army Signal Corps maintained a program for communication by messenger pigeon from 1917 to 1957, long after developments in electronic communications technology rendered pigeons obsolete in many contexts. This article presents the history of the Signal Corps Pigeon Service as one of technological persistence and innovation. It argues that messenger pigeons remained significantly useful to the U.S. Army in World War I, World War I…
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Front-line Fowl
The United States Army Signal Corps maintained a program for communication by messenger pigeon from 1917 to 1957, long after developments in electronic communications technology rendered pigeons obsolete in many contexts. This article presents the history of the Signal Corps Pigeon Service as one of technological persistence and innovation. It argues that messenger pigeons remained significantly useful to the U.S. Army in World War I, World War I…
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