Posted on Sep 21, 2017
Charles Whittlesey, the Commander of the Lost Battalion
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COL Lee Flemming, a great movie was made about this event, starring Rick Schroder! It's assumed that Whittlesey simply couldn't live with his mental anguish post WWI and committed suicide by jumping ship, but it could never be proven one way or the other. Nonetheless, he was an extraordinary man and leader.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Battalion_(2001_film)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Battalion_(2001_film)
The Lost Battalion (2001 film) - Wikipedia
The Lost Battalion is a true 2001 made-for-television film about the Lost Battalion of World War I, which was cut off and surrounded by German forces in the Argonne Forest during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of 1918. The film was directed by Russell Mulcahy, written by James Carabatsos, and starred Rick Schroder as Major Charles Whittlesey. The film was shot in Luxembourg. It is an A&E Original Movie, premiering on the network in 2001. It is...
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SSG Michael Eastes
Me, too. I was hoping for some good WWI films during the centennial, but if any have been released, I've missed them.
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Thanks for the post Col Flemming. My uncle was a charter member of "La Société des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux" or the 40 and 8s. He had five campaign bars on his WWI Victory medal. I don't think there has ever been enough emphasis on the first world war as the germination point of many of the issues we face today.
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