A rare piece of Texas military history is now on the market-and it comes with a story as big as its walls. Listed for $1.25 million, the 4,088-square-foot home in Hitchcock, Texas, was once the U.S.

The U.S. Navy's use of pigeons began decades before World War II, but the birds found their most critical mission during the war—flying messages from submarine-hunting blimps during a time when radio ...