. History and rhymes of the lost battalion . ober 15th there v/ere only 44 of us fol-lowing Major Whittlesey out of the front lines tothe second lines of support near Grand Pre. Rhymes of a Lost Battalion Doughboy** The following article is reprinted here by-courtesy of The American Legion Weeklyand William E. Moore Rhymes of a Lost Battalion Doughboy How the Lost BattalionWas Lost The True Story of an Heroic Incident of theWorld War in the Light of a Tragedy of Peace By WILLIAM E. MOORE Formerly Captain, S. C, Historical Branch, G. H. Q., A. E. F. A LEADING New York newspaper that should/A ha
. History and rhymes of the lost battalion . ober 15th there v/ere only 44 of us fol-lowing Major Whittlesey out of the front lines tothe second lines of support near Grand Pre. Rhymes of a Lost Battalion Doughboy** The following article is reprinted here by-courtesy of The American Legion Weeklyand William E. Moore Rhymes of a Lost Battalion Doughboy How the Lost BattalionWas Lost The True Story of an Heroic Incident of theWorld War in the Light of a Tragedy of Peace By WILLIAM E. MOORE Formerly Captain, S. C, Historical Branch, G. H. Q., A. E. F. A LEADING New York newspaper that should/A have known better, since a score of its pre-war staff were officers in the 77th Division,suggested the other day that Lieutenant ColonelWhittlesey might have been driven to suicidethrough a feeling of guilt for having led theLost Battalion into a trap in the Argonne ra-vine since famous as The Pocket. But sinceall America is so fully misinformed not onlyconcerning Whittlesey, but as regards mosteverything else that took place in the A. E. F.,. it would be unjust to single out one newspaperfor criticism. Every overseas veteran knows that the folksback home are crammed full of bunk aboutthings that happened in France. When we firstcame back some of us tried to correct these er-rors when first we heard them repeated, but itdidnt take long for us to realize that our fellowcitizens resented having the myths wanted to believe the foolish and improb-able things they did believe. So today probably a hundred million peoplebelieve that the Lost Battalion was lost and thatwhen summoned by a German officer to surrenderthe gentle, but heroic, WTiittlesey replied: Goto Hell. It may be that Cambronne uttered thewords at Waterloo that Hugo says he did. Per-haps Farragut cried Damn the torpedoes atMobile, but we have Whittleseys own word thathe never said Go to Hell in the Argonne. Rhymes of a Lost Battalion Doughboy
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