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The brave bird is saving the lives of 200 American soldiers.

How many lives is the brave bird saving? The brave bird is saving the lives of 200 American soldiers.

The men are trying to survive behind enemy lines with little food or ammunition.

Are they trying to survive without the Internet? No, they aren’t trying to survive without the Internet. They are trying to survive with little food or ammunition.

Even worse, their own side is bombing them. They are desperately trying to get word to their own side to stop bombing.

Who is bombing them? Their own side is bombing them. Who are they desperately trying to get word to? They are desperately trying to get word to their own side.

After two other pigeons are being shot down only Cher Ami is remaining.

Are there many pigeons remaining? No, there aren’t many pigeons remaining. Only Cher Ami is remaining.

Flying into the heavy enemy fire, she too is being shot.

Who is being shot? Cher Ami is being shot.

The Americans are watching the bird crash back to earth.

What are the Americans watching? The Americans are watching the bird crash back to earth.

Amazingly, the injured bird is picking herself up and taking flight again.

What is the injured bird doing? The injured bird is picking herself up and taking flight again.

She is flying the 25 miles to headquarters in 25 minutes, but at great cost.

Who is flying 25 miles? Cher Ami is flying 25 miles. Is she flying 25 miles in 50 minutes? No, she isn’t flying 25 miles in 50 minutes. She is flying 25 miles in 25 minutes.

She is suffering from a shot through the chest, a missing eye, and a broken leg.

Is she suffering from a shot through the chest and a missing eye? Yes, she is suffering from a shot through the chest and a missing eye. What else is she suffering from? She is also suffering from a broken leg.

The doctors are giving the flying hero emergency surgery.

Are the doctors giving the flying hero medicine? No, the doctors aren’t giving the flying hero medicine. The doctors are giving the flying hero emergency surgery.

The doctors are failing to save her leg.

What are the doctors failing to do? The doctors are failing to save her leg.

A soldier is carving her a replacement wooden leg.

What is the soldier carving? A soldier is carving her a replacement wooden leg.

The French army is giving her a medal.

What is she getting from the French army? She is getting a medal from the French army.

She is being put on a boat to the U.S.

Where is she being sent? She is being sent to the U.S.

Cher Ami’s story is spreading like wildfire once she reached home.

What is spreading like wildfire? Cher Ami’s story is spreading like wildfire.

She is surviving for less than a year, before dying of her wounds.

How long is she surviving? She is surviving for less than a year.

Her stuffed remains are now sitting in the Smithsonian Museum.

Where are her stuffed remains sitting? Her stuffed remains are sitting in the Smithsonian Museum.