Now all roads lead to France and heavy is the tread
Of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance.
Edward Thomas, Roads

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Revisiting the Lost Battalion




Over the years we have presented a number of articles on the most famous episode of the AEF.  Here are our articles that have focused on the Lost Battalion. Click on the title to read the article.


The Return of “New York’s Own”


100 Years Ago: Surrounded! Day One for the Lost Battalion


Cher Ami: Heroic Pigeon of the Lost Battalion


Lost Battalions: the Great War and the Crisis of American Nationalism


Amid the Ruins: Damon Runyon, World War I Reports from the Trenches, October 1918–March 1919


Western Front Virtual Tour — Stop 47: The Lost Battalion Site


77th New York Metropolitan Division to Be Honored in France


100 Years Ago: The Lost Battalion Evacuated from the Pocket


Never in Finer Company: The Men of the Great War's Lost Battalion


Great Quotes from the Lost Battalion from Rob Laplander






1 comment:

  1. Thanks for all your coverage of the Lost Battalion! I'm related to Capt.George G. McMurtry and have visited most of the AEF sites in France, McMurtry's home and grave in Bar Harbor, ME, and saw Cher Ami at the Smithsonian. I'm also related to Lindon Bates Jr., who died on the Lusitania while on an official war relief mission. I've researched both relatives and would be happy to share my results with your readers in the future if an opportunity arises. Gordon Hoffman (maternal grandmother: Edith McMurtry Bates)

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