On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 13:06:44 EDT, MaggieOwl@aol.com wrote: -snip- > Their daughter Johanna SCANLON is >my ggrandmother, who married Charles NOE. Their son, Charles NOE was in the >Army in Europe during WWI, as part of the Lost Battalion that was mustard >gassed. He suffered lung damage and died at the age of 31 in New York. >Any connections out there? No connections [except that I am an old long out of uniform Marine, and you have one in your tree-- Since we're [Marines] all brothers, then I guess you & I are some sort of cousins.<g>]-- But my grandfather Elbrecht was in the 77th Division [he was in the 302d engineers] & the "Lost Bn." always catches my eye. For some interesting reading, try to find in a used bookstore or by ILL; (caution- there was also a WWII 'LostBn', at the battle of the bulge-- and a Vietnam one at Hue). a small paperback; _The Lost Battalion_ by Thomas M. Johnson & Fletcher Pratt, Published by The Infantry Journal, Washington, 1943. In their introduction the authors, a war correspondent and a historian point out that "it was not a Bn, but parts of four; it was never lost; it did not rush rashly ahead...; if..Major Whittlesey had his way it would not have attacked at all; [it wasn't his fault at all]; and Major Whittlesey did not say "Go to hell!" So their take is somewhat different than a lot of accounts-- for better or worse, they had the advantage of 20 years having passed-- they name lots of names-- but it has no index. another one I mean to buy someday; "History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion" by "Buck Private" McCollum with sketches by Franklin Sly and Tolman R. Reamer. It was copyrighted initially in 1919 with subsequent 1921,1922, 1923 and 1929 copyright dates. In the front of the book is a picture of a Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey, and a group picture of the survivors of the Lost Battalion. The group picture of the "Lost Battalion" was taken in France. In the book is a description of the battle, a sketch of the location of the French, German and American troops for the battle. There are also pictures of various officers of the unit. Some of the poetry in the book is dedicated to specific people. and... There are a few pages in _The History of the 77th Division 1917-1918_ on the incident itself & much more on the 308th- though the focus is much broader than a book about the 308th or the incident would ever be. It covers the 77th from Camp Upton to France & home again. jim