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The Lost Battalion

by Johnson, Thomas M.

United StatesUnited States Army. 308th infantryArgonne, Battle of the, France, 1918HistoryUnited States. Army. Field Artillery Regiment, 308thUnited states, army, infantryUnited states, army, historyUnited States. Army. 308th infantry

For a generation the Lost Battalion exemplified the best of America{u2019}s involvement in World War I. Until World War II pushed the Lost Battalion out of the national memory with its own scenes of horror and heroism, mention of the unit{u2019}s name summoned up what America admired in its soldiers: unpretentious courage, dogged resistance, and good cheer and adaptation under adversity.

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