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Article: University of Oklahoma Press.(Blood in the Argonne: the 'Lost Batillion' Of World War 1)(Where Custer Fell: Photographs Of The Little Bighorn Battlefield Then And Now )(Brief article)(Book review)
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- April 1, 2006
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Readers who enjoy stories of military units and army encounters will appreciate Alan D. Gaff's BLOOD IN THE ARGONNE: THE 'LOST BATILLION' OF WORLD WAR 1 (0806136960 $32.95). For the first time the story of the 77th Division is told from the perspective of soldiers in the ranks, following the unit which penetrated German lines in the Argonne Forest of northeastern France only to find themselves surrounded by German forces and alone. How to keep seven hundred men alive without food for over four days? The story of their ordeal comes to life as ...