Charles white?

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Answer 1

Charles White Whittlesey (January 20, 1884 – Presumed date of death November 26, 1921) was a Medal of Honor recipient who is notable for leading the "Lost Battalion" in the Argonne Forest during World War I. A month after the United States entered World War I in 1917, Whittlesey took a leave from his partnership and enlisted in the Army. He shipped for France as a captain in the Army's 77th Division, also known as the "Metropolitan Division," because it was made up largely of New York City men, principally from the polyglot Lower East side.

By September 1917 Whittlesey was commissioned a major. On the morning of October 2, 1918, the 77th was ordered to move forward against a heavily fortified German line as part of a massive American attack in the Meuse-Argonne region. Whittlesey commanded a mixed battalion of 554 soldiers, who advanced forward through a ravine. Because the units on their flanks failed to make headway, Whittlesey's troops were cut off from their supply lines the next day, pinned down by German fire from the surrounding 200-foot high bluffs. The following days were perilous for Whittlesey and his men, as they were without food or water. Some of the men had never thrown a live grenade, but for four days, they resisted snipers and attacks by waves of German troops armed with hand grenades, and in one incident, flame throwers. During this period war correspondents seized on the incident and dubbed the unit the "Lost Battalion."

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Answer 2

This is the Royalty section and I think you would get a better response to your question if you posted it in the "Military" section of Yahoo Answers.

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