The Heroes of the World War I: Lost Battalion with Historian Ed Lengel
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- Four unlikely heroes crossed paths in October 1918, as American doughboys fought for survival in France's Argonne Forest during World War I. Major Charles Whittlesey, Captain George McMurtry and Tennessee Corporal Alvin C. York would all receive Medals of Honor for their conduct, but their story might never have been told had it not been for enterprising sportswriter-turned-war correspondent Damon Runyon, who braved enemy shells to meet the men at the front. This is their story.
My Great Grandpa was in Company H, 308 Inf. of the 77th Div. I have his journals about what he experienced each day during the Lost Battalion. This video mentioned a few things he wrote about. Thank you for sharing!
My grandfather was in Company G of Lost Battalion, was 1st Lieutenant and in charge of that division. I have visited the battlefield.
An excellent look at one of the most important and overlooked conflicts from an American perspective.
I am a psychologist and also soldier. Was even a marine when I was very young. I have been treating war veterans for 20 years with the veterans administration. I so appreciate your documentary here. I’ve read about the major suicide many many years ago and always felt so sorry for him and so many others. I truly appreciate this movie they made. my grandfather was an Irish immigrant he served in the Argonne And was wounded at a very young age of 17. I love how you tied in Alvin York’s story. Thank you very much for what you do it means a lot. 🇺🇸
This deserves many more views. It is amazing the casualties taken in such a short time. The Generals were fighting the Civil War with machine guns.
My grandfather survived the battle in the Argonne Forest. I am here because of his survival.
Thank you so much for this wonderful lecture. I just finished War Fever & was prompted by that to search out more information online. This is an amazing story told with intelligence & passion. If you are checking comments/questions; you mention that the philosophy of American General Pershing -"The cult of the offensive" - was highly ineffective. Would the war have ended sooner with another strategy & what might have been more effective given the harsh conditions? I assume the Germans did not follow that mindset in battle - after the French failure using it, did any other country besides the United States use it? Thanks again.
My great grandfather was a medic in the statue of liberty infantry division . I can not find anything out about him. My uncle had his legion of merit with oak leaf cluster. Do you have any information on Wrector Deaton of WV?
My great grandfather was the pigeon carrier. His name is Omer Richard 😊❤️
Is Major Charles White Whittlesey related to Col. Charles W. Whittlesey from the Union Army during the Civil War? Fought at Shiloh commanding a brigade.
Nice presentation. If anyone wants further information on the Doughboys in WW1, the definitive text is a book by Edward G Lengel called To Conquer Hell. A forensically researched account. Brutally descriptive as the title suggests and relies on first hand accounts as much as official war records.
How many American service-members lost their lives.....attributed to the Spanish Flu..from 1917-1919 ? 50-60 thousand? thanks
Richard Dreyfus would have made a great whittlesey in his younger years
Hehe...'Who are all these people?" ..I am guessing they have short memories since they have recently immigrated themselves.