the lost battalion
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THE LOST BATTALION. MAJOR CHARLES WHITTLESEY. MAJOR CHARLES WHITTLESEY. Commander of Lost Battalion NY Lawyer Opposes Argonne battle plan Leads men into Charleveux Mill Sends men to find flanks. GENERAL ALEXANDER. GENERAL ALEXANDER. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
THE LOST BATTALIONTHE LOST BATTALION
MAJOR CHARLES WHITTLESEYMAJOR CHARLES WHITTLESEY
• Commander of Lost Battalion
• NY Lawyer
• Opposes Argonne battle plan
• Leads men into Charleveux Mill
• Sends men to find flanks
MAJOR CHARLES WHITTLESEYMAJOR CHARLES WHITTLESEY
GENERAL ALEXANDERGENERAL ALEXANDER
• Overall battle commander of US forces; devises plan for attack
• orders troops to advance
• Orders retreat (too late)
• Shocked by Whittlesey
• Orders artillery attack (friendly fire)
GENERAL ALEXANDERGENERAL ALEXANDER
• 2nd in command of 308th
• Career soldier/ “tough guy”
• Irish-American
CAPTAIN GEORGE McMURTRYCAPTAIN GEORGE McMURTRY
SGT. GAEDEKESGT. GAEDEKE
• Immediately in charge of new recruits
• Gets them settled on front lines
• Goes to find French on flanks… no one there
• Blown up by friendly fire (dead)
SGT. GAEDEKESGT. GAEDEKE
• Assistant to General Alexander
• Worries about hurrying into battle
• Orders cease fire for artillery
COLONEL JOHNSONCOLONEL JOHNSON
• NY boy (Polish immigrant)
• New recruit
• Took the “test”
• Volunteers to “run” message out
PRIVATE KROTOSHINSKYPRIVATE KROTOSHINSKY
Privates Rosen & CepegliaPrivates Rosen & Cepeglia
• NY boys
• Give advice to new recruits
• Rosen= Jewish
• Cepeglia= Italian
• Best friends
• Cepeglia dies
Privates Rosen & CepegliaPrivates Rosen & Cepeglia
• Chinese-American
• Radio operator
• Wire “short”; waits in bush
• Communication lines cut
• Refuses to retreat
• killed
PRIVATE STANLEY CHINPRIVATE STANLEY CHIN
PRIVATE LIPASTIPRIVATE LIPASTI
• NY boy
• New recruit
• Becomes runner for McMurtry
• Finds Chin dead
• Finds Holderman (307th)
• “indoor aviator”
PRIVATE LIPASTIPRIVATE LIPASTI
PRIVATE YODERPRIVATE YODER
PRIVATE YODERPRIVATE YODER
• “appleknocker”
• New recruit
• Big Fork, Montana (“Daisyville”)
• Kills sniper
• Killed by grenade
PRIVATE YODERPRIVATE YODER
• Handles pigeons
• Sends messages to HQ
• Last pigeon (Cher Ami) used to stop artillery
PRIVATE OMER RICHARDSPRIVATE OMER RICHARDS
PVT. CEPEGLIA
LT. Leak
• Texas
• Assigned to NY regiment
• Thinks he does not belong
• Yelled at by Whittlesey for his dress, shaving, etc.
• Captured
• Explains why US will never surrender (inner-city thugs)
LIEUTENANT LEAKLIEUTENANT LEAK
• Commander of German forces opposing “Lost” battalion
• Respects Americans
• Requests Stosstrupen
MAJOR HENRICH PRINZMAJOR HENRICH PRINZ
CAPTAIN NELSON HOLDERMANCAPTAIN NELSON HOLDERMAN
• 307th officer from CALIFORNIA
• Lost in Argonne forest
• Found by Lipasti
• Links up with Whittlesey
CAPTAIN NELSON HOLDERMANCAPTAIN NELSON HOLDERMAN
CAPTAIN NELSON HOLDERMANCAPTAIN NELSON HOLDERMAN
CHER AMICHER AMI