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The Lost Battalion
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Author : Thomas Marvin Johnson
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2000-01-01
The Lost Battalion written by Thomas Marvin Johnson and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with History categories.
Originaly publishied: 1st edition Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., c1938.
Five Days In October
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Author : Robert H. Ferrell
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2005
Five Days In October written by Robert H. Ferrell and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
During American participation in World War I, many events caught the public's attention, but none so much as the plight of the Lost Battalion. Comprising some five hundred men of the Seventy-seventh Division, the so-called battalion was entrapped on the side of a ravine in the Argonne Forest by German forces from October 2 to 7, 1918. The men's courage under siege in the midst of rifle, machine-gun, mortar, and artillery fire (coming both day and night), with nothing to eat after the morning of the first day save grass and roots, and with water dangerous to obtain, has gone down in American history as comparable in heroism to the defense of the Alamo and the stand at the Little Big Horn of the troops of General George A. Custer. Now, in Five Days in October, historian Robert H. Ferrell presents new material-previously unavailable-about what really happened during those days in the forest. Despite the description of them as a lost battalion, the men were neither lost nor a battalion. The name was coined by a New York newspaper editor who, upon learning that a sizable body of troops had been surrounded, thought up the notion of a Lost Battalion-it possessed a ring sure to catch the attention of readers. The trapped men actually belonged to companies from two battalions of the Seventy-seventh, and their exact placement was well known, reported by runners at the outset of the action and by six carrier pigeons released by their commander, Major Charles W. Whittlesey, during the five days his men were there. The causes of the entrapment were several, including command failures and tactical errors. The men had been sent ahead of the main division line without attention to flanks, and because of that failure, they were surrounded. Thus began a siege that took the lives of many men, leading to the collapse of the colonel of the 308th Infantry Regiment and, many believe, to the suicide of Major Whittlesey three years later. This book grew out of Ferrell's discovery of new material in the U.S. Army Military History Institute at the Army War College from the papers of General Hugh A. Drum and in the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. The Drum papers contain the court-martial record of the lieutenant of a machine-gun unit attached to the battalions, who advised Major Whittlesey to surrender, while the Seventy-seventh Division files contain full accounts of the taut relations between the Lost Battalion's brigade commander and the Seventy-seventh's division commander. By including this material, Ferrell gives a new accounting of this intriguing affair. Five Days in October will be welcomed by all those interested in a fuller understanding of the story of the Lost Battalion.
Finding The Lost Battalion Beyond The Rumors Myths And Legends Of America S Famous Ww1 Epic Hardcover
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Author : Robert Laplander
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2017-01-13
Finding The Lost Battalion Beyond The Rumors Myths And Legends Of America S Famous Ww1 Epic Hardcover written by Robert Laplander and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-13 with categories.
Since its release in 2006, 'Finding the Lost Battalion' by Robert J. Laplander has become the benchmark work against which all things Lost Battalion related have been measured. Now, in this updated 3rd edition released to coincide with the centennial of America's entry into WW1, Mr. Laplander again takes us to the Charlevaux Ravine to delve deeper into the story than ever before! Meticulously chronicling what would become arguably the most famous event of America's part in the war, we find the truths behind the legend. Spanning twenty years of research and hundreds of sources (most never before seen), the reader is led through the Argonne Forest during September and October, 1918 virtually hour by hour. The result is the single most factual accounting of the Lost Battalion story and their leader, Charles W. Whittlesey, to date. Told in an entertaining, fast moving style, the book has become a favorite the world over! With new Forward by Major-General William Terpeluk, US Army (Ret).
History And Rhymes Of The Lost Battalion
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Author : Buck Private McCollum
language : en
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2010-12-01
History And Rhymes Of The Lost Battalion written by Buck Private McCollum and has been published by Wildside Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-01 with Poetry categories.
A collection of poetry by a member of the "Lost Battalion" concerning their activity in World War I
Blood In The Argonne
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Author : Alan D. Gaff
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2005
Blood In The Argonne written by Alan D. Gaff and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
In this unique history of the “Lost Battalion” of World War I, Alan D. Gaff tells for the first time the story of the 77th Division from the perspective of the soldiers in the ranks. On October 2, 1918, Maj. Charles W. Whittlesey led the 77th Division in a successful attack on German defenses in the Argonne Forest of northeastern France. His unit, comprised of men of a wide mix of ethnic backgrounds from New York City and the western states, was not a battalion nor was it ever “lost,” but once a newspaper editor applied the term “lost battalion” to the episode, it stuck. Gaff draws from new, unimpeachable sources—such as sworn testimony by soldiers who survived the ordeal—to correct the myths and legends and to reveal what really happened in the Argonne Forest during early October 1918.
History And Rhymes Of The Lost Battalion
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Author : Lee Charles McCollum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937
History And Rhymes Of The Lost Battalion written by Lee Charles McCollum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
Messengers Of The Lost Battalion
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Author : Gregory Orfalea
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-05-11
Messengers Of The Lost Battalion written by Gregory Orfalea and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-11 with History categories.
The author of Before the Flames and the son of a member of the ill-fated infantry battalion discusses America's 551st Battalion and their heroic, little-known role during World War II's Battle of the Bulge.
The Lost Battalion
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Author : Robert J Laplander
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10-21
The Lost Battalion written by Robert J Laplander and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-21 with categories.
Much has been written about the famous 'Lost Battalion' of WW1, but few personal stories by the men who were there have ever been widely distributed. Now, Lost Battalion and 77th Division historian and author Robert J. Laplander changes all that in 'The Lost Battalion: As They Saw It'. Drawing on his 25+ years' worth of research into the event, the world's leading authority on the subject presents 31 stories by those who were there, told in their own words. From high ranking officers on down to the lowliest private, it's all here described in their own way; what they saw, what they heard, how they felt - and what it did to some of them afterwards. Often moving and occasionally terrifying, these stories paint a broad mosaic of their experiences, colored by their own backgrounds and personalities. For those seeking to understand the Lost Battalion event in a more direct way, as the men themselves understood it, this volume with be a welcome addition to their library. However, for all it is a wonderful and interesting peek into one of the most famous events of World War One!
The Lost Battalion
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Author : John W. Nell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Lost Battalion written by John W. Nell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
The autobiography of John W. Nell a private in World War I's Lost Battalion
History And Rhymes Of The Lost Battalion
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Author : McCollum Lee Charles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
History And Rhymes Of The Lost Battalion written by McCollum Lee Charles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
