The Lost Battalion
By: by Thomas M. Johnson and Fletcher Pratt ; introduction to the Bison Books edition by Edward M. Coffman.
Contributors: Pratt, Fletcher, 1897-1956.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: United States Army. 308th infantry -- History; Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-315) and index.
Originally published: 1st ed. Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Co., c1938.