"Over There! Part 4: Come And Get Us:" The Lost Battalion At Argonne Forest

[@boydgrandy5769]

My mothers father, my grandfather, was in this unit. Private Oscar Ivan Potter walked out at the end, wounded in action. He never said a word about it to any of us. Quiet little grandfatherly man, loved us dearly, loved playing the ponies and taking a nip out of a jug of whiskey. Lived into his 90s; he died while I was out on a submarine patrol in 1982.

[@johnt.kennedy3856]

Glad you told this. So many stories have never been told because they didn’t think anyone wanted to know.

[@teddcoleman8736]

I remembered a nice old guy from my home town it was cool to see him in his WW1 uniform on Memorial day parade

[@Whiskey_Pleaz]

two pigeons had been shot down by German fire before Cher Ami (french for "dear friend") took flight with the third message. Cher Ami was also shot down by German fire, but managed to take flight again and fly 25 miles to the 77 HQ. He arrived shot through the breast, blinded in one eye and with one leg hanging on by only a tendon. He helped save the lives of 194 men stuck in the Argonne. Army medics performed surgery and when Cher Ami was well enough to travel they shipped him back to the US, with Pershing himself seeing the bird off.

[@idaho1959kkidd]

My Great Grandmother Emma Zella Deeter her Brother Bert Mccoy was in the Lost Battalion in the Argonne offensive. The last battle he was hit with mustard gas. He could never sleep laying down. Pvt. Bert Mccoy 1888-1952. He is buried at Veterans National Cemetery Boise, Idaho.

[@geraldmiller8973]

you come from good stock. i am sure you appreciate it.

[@angelaschwenn9595]

I’m really enjoying this series! Keep up the good work!

[@wadeunderhile7977]

My great uncle moved caissons up to the field artillery in that battle, they eat their own mule for breakfast one morning when the night before it was hit by a shell, they eat it before the cook told them

[@spg77777]

Wow... YT put you up as a suggestion... I've had a sub for some time too. There's a good movie out there about this battle. "The Lost Battalion."

[@allenatkins2263]

Major Whittlesey was awarded the MOH. Sadly he was traumatized by the battle, after serving as a pallbearer for the unknown soldier he boarded a ship bound from New York to Havana. After having dinner with the captain, he left the table for his room and was never seen again. He was 37 years old.

[@oldgysgt]

I realize, for better or worse, names tend to stick, but, Major Charles W. Whittlesey, the man in command of the troops in question), later said, "we were not a battalion, and we were not lost". Meaning, they were not one battalion, and they knew where they were.

[@georgepierce1871]

Absolutely awsome. 🇺🇸 USA 1

[@comiketiger]

Great video. Needed to be longer...😀

[@craigross341]

4:00 I'm amazed they got away with minor modification. There's a lot more oomph in 30-06 than .303.

[@macvena]

The fact that the BAR already existed, but wasn't supplied to the AEF was so unfortunate.

[@barry1705]

The 03 was so accurate in world war l , the O3 was a great sniper rifle in World War 2 .

[@teazy1088]

A good movie about this simply called the lost battalion starring Rick Schroeder. I’ve watched it 5 times.

[@paulredinger420]

I just watched a movie called "the lost battalion" with Ricky Schroeder as Major Charles Whittlesey EXCELLENT MOVIE!!! There own artillery pounded the crap out of them. I think 40 were killed by the artillery. Less then 200 walked out of the woods after the battle. Our men and now women soldiers always rise to the occasion and make our country proud!! Only problem is: we HAVENT FOUGHT FOR FREEDOM SINCE 1953. (Korea) since then it's been for drugs or oil. Do some research, ask the vets, and you'll learn. Yes, 1981-1985. Panama and Grenada. Both were drug related.

[@geraldmiller8973]

i think the majority of people in the usa are tired of our government putting us into wars we don't belong in.

[@lynette9021]

😿hey, I thought we were going to quit doing that after 1918.

[@bigmessytoo]

Cher ami was critically wounded and then decorated for her actions.

[@geraldmiller8973]

i believe she is stuffed and on display in a war museum. another animal as a hero. i do not call animals dumb. they have enough gumption and brains to live outside in the wild for many years.

[@Hunter_Stonestreet]

FAR FROM THEIR LAND AS THEY MADE THEIR STAND

[@Whiskey_Pleaz]

THEY STOOD STRONG AND THE LEGEND STILL LIVES ON

[@remittanceman4685]

Actually the best LMG was the American designed Lewis. Sadly the head of the Ordnance Board ensured the US Army would never adopt it so it was left to the Belgians and then the British to take it into service. A possible contender would be the Browning BAR which sadly arrived too late to really show its worth. The Chauchat was bad. Maybe not as bad as its reputation but still bad.

[@paulredinger5830]

How exactly do you keep debris out of the open magazine in combat? You shot the piece of crap at a clean range, right? You weren’t on the ground in the mud shooting now we’re you.

[@johntillman6068]

Had US Army CPT Isaac Newton Lewis' "light" machine gun not been scotched by Army Chief of Ordnance BG William Crozier, may he raost in Hell, out of personal spite and envy, US forces in France would have had an effective squad automatic, not the execrable Chauchat automatic rifle, using French rather than American ammo. Instead, British imperial forces benefitted from the American design.

[@hankbarker984]

R8

[@jonathanborchardt891]

FWLP HE NEEDS TO GO!

[@chuckokelley2448]

The model 1917 is superior to the 03 Ask any gunsmith

[@jack6116]

Gatsby?