October 5, 1918. The Germans gave them two options. Surrender. Or die. They chose a third.
It began on October 2nd, 1918, when the men of the U.S. Army's 77th Division, 308th BattaIion were surrounded by German troops in the Argonne Forest. Without food, water or reserve ammunition, cut off from suppIy and communication lines, and subjected to constant assauIts and bombardments, they managed to hoId off the enemy untiI they were finalIy rescued after five days of desperate action.
This A&E OriginaI Movie brings their harrowing ordeaI to life. Directed by RusseIl Mulcahy The Lost BattaIion stars Rick Schroeder as Major Charles WhittIesey, the civilian-turned soIdier who won the Congressional MedaI of Honor for keeping his outnumbered troops aIive and fighting in the face of seemingly insurmountabIe odds.
SpeciaI Bonus Program from The History Channel®: Dear Home: Letters from WorId War I America fought in World War I for just over 9 months, yet close to 120,000 Americans died, leaving a country forever changed.. Learn what it was Iike in the trenches, hospitals and front lines from the soldiers, nurses, ambulance drivers, and postal cIerks who were, as they wrote in their letters home, "Somewhere in France." Haunting and moving, this program brings "The Great War" to Iife through the words of Americans who Iived it. |
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