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Racing Homer Facts:
A Racing Homer can average 40 miles per hour
or more under normal conditions, but have reached speeds
of 60 miles per hour and faster!Most races are from 100-500
air miles, but can range to 1000 miles with good returns.A
race starts when all birds are transported to a specific
release point and released.Races are judged on the bird
with the fastest speed, based on Yards per minute, to
the Home Loft.Racing Homers are exercised, trained and
"coached" much the way any professional Sports
Team is, and YOU'RE the Coach!
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The Racing Homer "G.I. Joe"
The Germans retreated leaving only a small rear
guard and as a result the British troops entered the city
with little resistance and occupied it ahead of schedule.
All attempts to cancel the bombings of the city, made
by radio and other means of communication, had failed.
Little "G.I. JOE" was released with the important
message to cancel the bombing. He flew 20 miles back to
the U.S. Air Support Command base in 20 minutes and arrived
just as our planes were warming up to take off. If he
had arrived a few minutes later it might have been a different
story.
Gen. Mark Clark, Commanding the U.S. Fifth Army, estimated
that "G. I. JOE" saved the lives of at least
1000 of our British allies.
In November 1946, "G. I. JOE" was shipped from
Fort Monmouth, N.J. to London, England, where he was cited
and awarded the Dickin Medal for gallantry by the Lord
Mayor of London. "G. I. JOE" is the only bird
or animal in the United States to receive this high award.
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