Pigeons of War is only one part of my research into the history of military pigeon communications. Below are some of my other publications and ongoing projects exploring this area.

Formal Publications

• “Floating Pigeon Houses”: Pigeon Posts on United States Warships, 1893–1923. Warship International 62, no. 2 (June 2025).
• “Little Feathered Heroes”: Camp Pike’s Pigeon Service, 1917–1919. Pulaski County Historical Review 71 (Winter 2023): 109–114.
• “312th Field Signal Battalion’s Pigeon Department.” Encyclopedia of Arkansas, December 20, 2023.

Selected Research & Public-History Work

• Manuscript Review. Reviewed and edited a draft of Dr. Frank A. Blazich Jr.’s chapter, “Feathers and Formats: Information, Technology, and Homing Pigeons in War,” subsequently published in The Routledge Handbook of Information History (2025).
• National Park Service Research Assistance. Provided historical sources and research materials to a ranger at Gateway National Recreation Area for a proposed exhibit on military pigeons at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York.
• Nova Mundi Studios — Historical Consulting. Curated historical photographs, film, and other source material for a British documentary on pigeon keeping, Home (2025).
• Oral History Research. Interviewed a retired warrant officer concerning the 1st Marine Division’s use of pigeons for chemical-detection work before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Current Research

• U.S. Coast Guard Pigeon Communications — use of homing pigeons at early U.S. Coast Guard air stations.
• Pigeons and Emergency Communications — military and civilian pigeon networks used during disasters, infrastructure failures, and other communications emergencies.
• Naval Pigeon Communications, c. 1870s–1920s — comparative research on the development and use of homing-pigeon systems by the U.S. Navy and foreign naval services.