Lost Battalion The Real Cast of Characters General
Lost Battalion The Real Cast of Characters
General Robert Alexander MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER, under whose command the 77 th Division operated during the last three phases of this history, the Vesle-Aisne advance, the Argonne campaign, and the advance on Sedan, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on the seventeenth of October, 1863. His father was Justice William Alexander of the Circuit Court of Baltimore City and the Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland. The General
Major Charles Whittlesey Charles White Whittlesey was born January 20, 1884 in Florence, Wisconsin. He was the eldest son of Frank R. and Annie Whittlesey and had three younger brothers: Russell (b. July 1887), Elisha (b. February 1892) and Melzar (b. July 1893). All of the children were born in Wisconsin but, sometime between 1893 and 1900, the family relocated to Pittsfield, Massachusetts where Frank was employed by General Electric Co. , first as a Purchasing Agent and later as a Production Manager. The Major
Captain Mc. Murtry The Captains Captain Holderman
Private Krotoshinsky The Privates Private Hollingshead
Cher Ami
Lt. Leak Private Rosen Private Lipasti Private Yoder Fictional Characters
Argonne Forest Charlevaux Mill Places in the Movie
Use your netbooks and research the real Lost Battalion. Pick 4 of the real characters and find out what they did after the war. The Rest of the Story
Write a short journal style entry for each day that is chronicled in the film. You are writing as someone in the Battalion not one of the characters, be creative but accurate. Feel free to add in your personal opinion/ reaction to things that happen but be sure to make your entries accurate. During the Film
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