Charles W Whittlesey commanded the Lost Battalion in the Argonne in 1918 and appeared as himself in the 1919 silent film about it, alongside other survivors. He received the Medal of Honor and died by suicide in 1921.
Charles W WhittleseyThe Lost Battalion from 1919 is a silent docudrama made within months of the actual event it depicts. Major Charles Whittlesey appears as himself.
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