Lost Military

The Lost Battalion (WWI)

1918 · Lost unit · Argonne Forest, FRANCE (non-US soil)

Found

Where. Argonne Forest, FRANCE (non-US soil)
Status. Found

The account

~550 men of the 77th Division were cut off behind German lines for six days under fire; only ~194 walked out.

The site is documented at Argonne Forest, FRANCE (non-US soil); the open questions now are access and what remains, not where it is.
Located in France, marked by a monument; not a US-administered site.
What is there: study the documented surveys of The Lost Battalion (WWI) before going.

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