Today, when you want to send your friend a message, you just send a letter. But 3000 years ago, King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba 
exchanged messages by carrier pigeons. These are specially trained pigeons which will find their way back home when they are released. The Egyptians and the Persians first used carrier pigeons 3,000 years ago. They also were used to proclaim the winner of the Olympics.
Carrier pigeons served many purposes during the war, racing through the skies with airplanes, or even being fitted with cameras to take pictures of enemy positions. But one of the most important roles they served was as messengers. First an important message could be written on a piece of paper. Then, that paper neatly folded and secured in a small canister attached to a pigeon’s leg. Once the pigeon was released, it would try to fly to its home back behind the lines, where the message would be read and transmitted to the proper
Probably the most famous of all the carrier pigeons was one named Cher Ami, two French words meaning ‘Dear Friend’. Cher Ami flew 12 important missions to deliver messages. Perhaps the most important message he carried was the one that saved the lives of over 200 American soldiers, though he was badly wounded by enemy fire.