medlock, with chelsea a history professor at oklahoma state university. one of the more interesting we have seen is the use of war animals. how common was a for the u.s. and other military forces to use animals in world war i and world war ii? chelsea: it was really quite common up until right after world war ii going into the korean war. in world war i, you had all types of animals, such as horses , the largest group, followed by camels, war dogs, elephants occasionally, depending on the terrain and oxen and bull. if you can think of any kind , it was probably at least in the war, whether it was a pet or mascot or working animal. >> what were pigeons used for? chelsea: pigeons would be used for carrier pigeons and homing pigeons to convey messages across the lines. host: messages attached to them? chelsea: yes. one of the more famous ones that the american military used in world war i, its name was charity. it is credited with saving the in 1918.alion andas shot numerous times basically died as soon as it landed back at headquarters. host: is that pidgeo

medlock, with chelsea a history professor at oklahoma state university. one of the more interesting we have seen is the use of war animals. how common was a for the u.s. and other military forces to use animals in world war i and world war ii? chelsea: it was really quite common up until right after world war ii going into the korean war. in world war i, you had all types of animals, such as horses

bill: we are with chelsea medlock, a history professor at oklahoma state university. one of the more interesting to w