HOMEWARD BOUND - A carrier pigeon just released takes off for its cote at the Lakehurst, N.J. Naval Air Station with a message giving the position of the two U.S. Navy Balloonists shown here. Aviation Cadet Dan Dorse is at left and Ensign Dale Haale, pi
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