Five days in October
Subtitle: the Lost Battalion of World War I
By: Robert H. Ferrell.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: United States. Army. Division, 77th -- History.; Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918.; World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
Description: "Examination of the World War I battle of October 1918, in the Argonne Forest between German forces and the Lost Battalion from the American Seventy-seventh Division. Utilizes the papers of General Hugh A. Drum and other sources to reexamine the heroic survival of Major Charles W. Whittlesey and his troops"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-126) and index.