Charles W. Whittlesey
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Charles White Whittlesey was a United States Army Medal of Honor recipient who led the Lost Battalion in the Meuse–Argonne offensive during World War I. He committed suicide by drowning when he jumped
Whittlesey in uniform, 1918
Whittlesey at Williams College
Maj. Whittlesey (right) talking to Maj. Kenny, commanding the 3rd Battalion, 307th Infantry after the battle. Kenny's battalion took part in "Lost Battalion" relief attempts.
Major General Clarence R. Edwards pinning the Medal of Honor on Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey on Boston Common (December 24, 1918)
George G. McMurtry
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George Gibson McMurtry was a United States Army officer, a Medal of Honor recipient and a Harvard-educated Wall Street lawyer.
Charles W. Whittlesey
…receiving on December 6, 1918, one of the first three Medals of Honor awarded for valor in the war. (One of the other two went to his second-in-command, George G. McMurtry.) The story of the Lost Battalion was one of the most talked about events of World War I. In 1919, the events were made into a film in which Whittlesey…
Medal of Honor recipient
Bayview, a cottage in Bar Harbor, Maine, which McMurtry owned.
Monument to the Lost Battalion in the Argonne Forest, France.
Medal of Honor Presentation Ceremony - February 9, 1919, at Chaumont, France. General John J. Pershing presided.