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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Lengel, Edward G., author.     Subjects     United States. Army. 308th infantry -- History.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States -- 308th Infantry.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Lengel, Edward G., author.       by title:      Never in finer compa...         MARC Display

Never in finer company : the men of the Great War's lost battalion / Edward G. Lengel. by Lengel, Edward G., author. New York, NY : Da Capo Press, 2018. Subjects United States. Army. 308th infantry -- History.   World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- United States -- 308th Infantry. ISBN:  9780306825682 (hardcover) : c $28.00 0306825686 (hardcover) Description:  ix, 358 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Prologue: Four men -- Playing the game -- War's story -- The country awakens -- The adventure begins -- First blood - Through the forest gate -- Into the pocket -- Surrounded -- Friendly fire -- The test -- The quality of courage -- The crisis -- Heroes -- Unknown soldiers -- Homecomings. Requests:  0 Summary:  "It was one of the most heroic events in American military history. Here is the larger-than-life story of World War I's "Lost Battalion" and the men who survived the ordeal, triumphed in battle, and fought the demons that lingered. In the first week of October 1918, six hundred men attacked into Europe's forbidding Argonne Forest. Against all odds, they surged through enemy lines--alone. They were soon surrounded and besieged. As they ran out of ammunition, water, and food, the doughboys withstood constant bombardment and relentless enemy assaults. Seven days later, only 194 soldiers from the original unit walked out of the forest. The stand of the US Army's "Lost Battalion" remains an unprecedented display of heroism under fire. Never in Finer Company tells the stories of four men whose lives were forever changed by the ordeal: Major Charles Whittlesey, a lawyer dedicated to serving his men at any cost; Captain George McMurtry, a New York stockbroker who becomes a tower of strength under fire; Corporal Alvin York, a country farmer whose famous exploits help rescue his beleaguered comrades; and Damon Runyon, an intrepid newspaper man who interviews the survivors and weaves their experiences into the American epic. Emerging from the patriotic frenzy that sent young men "over there," each of these four men trod a unique path to the October days that engulfed them--and continued to haunt them as they struggled to find peace. Uplifting and compelling, Never in Finer Company is a deeply moving and dramatic story on an epic scale."--provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.41273 Lengel Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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