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Never in finer company : the men of the Great War's lost battalion

Never in finer company : the men of the Great War's lost battalion

Lengel, Edward G., author.
Book 2018

"It was one of the most heroic events in American military history. Here is the larger-than-life story of World War I's "Lost Battalion" and the men who survived the ordeal, triumphed in battle, and fought the demons that lingered. In the first week of October 1918, six hundred men attacked into Europe's forbidding Argonne Forest. Against all odds, they surged through enemy lines--alone. They were soon surrounded and besieged. As they ran out of...

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Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918
United States. Army. Division, 77th History
United States. Army. Infantry, 308th History
World War, 1914-1918 Regimental histories United States 308th Infantry
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ISBN:
9780306825682
Edition:
First edition
Description:
ix, 358 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-342) and index
Contents:
Prologue: Four men
Playing the game
War's story
The country awakens
The adventure begins
First blood - Through the forest gate
Into the pocket
Surrounded
Friendly fire
The test
The quality of courage
The crisis
Heroes
Unknown soldiers
Homecomings
Control Number:
2598839
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