Raynors HCA 2019-05
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Book, “History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion”, by Buck private McCollum, 1929, 140pp., plus separate cover. World War 1 accounts of the 308th Regiment. The Lost Battalion is the name given to the nine companies of the United States 77th Division, roughly 554 men, isolated by German forces during World War I after an American attack in the Argonne Forest in October 1918. Roughly 197 were killed in action and approximately 150 missing or taken prisoner before the 194 remaining men were rescued. They were led by Major Charles White Whittlesey.
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