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|birth_date=15 March 1924

|death_date=5 December 2008

|birth_place=New York ~~City~~

|birth_place=Brooklyn, New York

|death_place=Scottsdale, Arizona

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== Biography ==

Richard I. Topus was born on 15 March 1924 in Brooklyn, New York ~~City~~, to Russian Jewish immigrants. Growing up in Flatbush, he learned pigeon racing from rooftop loft keepers—two of them World War I Army pigeoneers—though his parents would not allow him a loft of his own.

Richard I. Topus was born on 15 March 1924 in Brooklyn, New York, to Russian Jewish immigrants. Growing up in Flatbush, he learned pigeon racing from rooftop loft keepers—two of them World War I Army pigeoneers—though his parents would not allow him a loft of his own.

Topus enlisted in early 1942 at eighteen and was assigned to the Army Signal Corps Pigeon Service. At Camp Ritchie (Class 24) he joined a small cadre of pigeoneers who trained soldiers and birds for combat messaging: care and feeding, capsule handling, air drops, and airborne jumps with pigeons carried in specially made vests. The team also bred for speed and endurance and conditioned birds to mobile combat lofts.

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* 15 March 1924 — Born in Brooklyn, New York ~~City~~.

* 15 March 1924 — Born in Brooklyn, New York.

* Early 1942 — Enlisted in the Army; assigned to the Signal Corps Pigeon Service.

* World War II — Stationed at Camp Ritchie (Class 24) training pigeoneers and homing pigeons for combat intelligence.

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 == Biography ==
-Richard I. Topus was born on 15 March 1924 in Brooklyn, New York City, to Russian Jewish immigrants. Growing up in Flatbush, he learned pigeon racing from rooftop loft keepers—two of them World War I Army pigeoneers—though his parents would not allow him a loft of his own.
+Richard I. Topus was born on 15 March 1924 in Brooklyn, New York, to Russian Jewish immigrants. Growing up in Flatbush, he learned pigeon racing from rooftop loft keepers—two of them World War I Army pigeoneers—though his parents would not allow him a loft of his own.
 Topus enlisted in early 1942 at eighteen and was assigned to the Army Signal Corps Pigeon Service. At Camp Ritchie (Class 24) he joined a small cadre of pigeoneers who trained soldiers and birds for combat messaging: care and feeding, capsule handling, air drops, and airborne jumps with pigeons carried in specially made vests. The team also bred for speed and endurance and conditioned birds to mobile combat lofts.
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-* 15 March 1924 — Born in Brooklyn, New York City.
+* 15 March 1924 — Born in Brooklyn, New York.
 * Early 1942 — Enlisted in the Army; assigned to the Signal Corps Pigeon Service.
 * World War II — Stationed at Camp Ritchie (Class 24) training pigeoneers and homing pigeons for combat intelligence.