The Lost Battalion WWI Cemetery and the loss of so

and the loss of so many of their brethren

For a generation the Lost Battalion exemplified the best of America’s involvement in World War I

created a remarkable and enduring legacy

and to the memorials erected to the victims

The Lost Battalion WWI Cemetery and the loss of soDescription by Thomas M. Johnson & Fletcher Pratt Paperback For a generation the Lost Battalion exemplified the best of Americas involvement in World War I. Until World War II pushed the Lost Battalion out of the national memory with its own scenes of horror and heroism, mention of the units name summoned up what America admired in its soldiers: unpretentious courage, dogged resistance, and good cheer and adaptation under adversity.