The Lost Battalion
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The Lost Battalion is the 1919 film about the 77th Infantry Division (the "Lost Battalion") penetrating deep into the Argonne Forest of France during World War I. The soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Whittlesey are then trapped and surrounded by German soldiers. Despite repeated attacks and an assault by special German stormtroopers they hold out and American and French units are able to break through to them and breaking the German line for good. The film was directed by Burton L. King and was released June 2, 1919 in North America. The film was remade in 2001 by Russell Mulcahy.
[edit] Units involved
- Company A, 308th Infantry
- Company B, 308th Infantry
- Company C, 308th Infantry
- Company E, 308th Infantry
- Company G, 308th Infantry
- Company H, 308th Infantry
- Company K, 307th Infantry
- Company C, 306th Machine Gun Battalion
- Company D, 306th Machine Gun Battalion
Lieut. Col. Whittlsey, Captain George G. McMurtry and Captain Nelson M. Holderman were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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