TY - BOOK TI - The lost battalion SN - 0767043871 AV - PN1992.77 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - A&E Networks KW - United States KW - Army KW - Infantry, 308th KW - Drama KW - Argonne, Battle of the, France, 1918 KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Regimental histories N1 - Special features: Bonus program from the History Channel: Dear home : letters from WWI; Rick Schroeder bio and filmography; Cinematography, Jonathan Freeman ; editor, William B. Stich ; music, Richard Marvin; Rick Schroeder, Phil McKee, Adam James, Jay Rodan, Daniel Caltagirone, Michael Goldstrom, Rhys Miles Thomas N2 - In the closing days of World War I, the men of the U.S. Army's 77th Division, 308th Battalion were surrounded by German troups in the Argonne Forest. Without food, water or reserve ammunition, cut off from supply and communication lines, and subjected to constant assaults and bombardments, they managed to hold off the enemy until they were finally rescued after five days of desperate action ER -