On Oct. 8, 1918, 100 years ago during the First World War, the “Lost Battalion” was found. According to an early news report, it was thought to be lost to the enemy in battle. Thus its nickname stuck ...

Cut off and trapped after an attack on German lines, Major Whittlesey had one chance to stop the friendly shelling of his men. By Paul Szoldra Published Oct 5, 2018 2:53 PM EDT “FOR HEAVENS SAKE STOP ...

BINARVILLE, France — At the top of a ravine in this remote forest sits a stone marker — hidden by shrubbery and easily missed — that reads “LOST BATTALION” with an arrow pointed downward into the ...

It was here, however, that the American "Doughboys" encountered their first serious opposition - the German Fifth Army. During the grueling six-week campaign that ensued, the AEF was provided a degree ...

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I, a presentation called "The Lost Battalion of WWI and Songs from the Dough Girls," will be held by the Marshfield Historical ...

Safe for democracy: the lost battalion and the Harlem Hell Fighters -- "The great composite American": Theodore Roosevelt and American nationalism, 1880-1917 -- No black in the rainbow: the origin of ...

PITTSFIELD — Memorial Day, when Americans reckon with war's cost, came early that year. It was Dec. 11, 1921. Three thousand people crowded into the State Armory in Pittsfield to honor the late Lt.

A claim shared to social media purported to tell the tale of a heroic carrier pigeon named Cher Ami, a member of the U.S. Army Pigeon Service who served in World War I. According to the claim, the ...