WAR MOVIE HD | Battleground Valor: The Lost Battalion Chronicles | War Action Films HD



Battleground Valor American war drama television film depicting the harrowing true story of the US 77th Division’s Lost Battalion …

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  1. Not addressed in this excellent movie is Whittlesey's death- from Wikipedia -"He tried to return to his career, working as a lawyer at the Wall Street firm of White & Case, but found himself in constant demand for speeches, parades, and honorary degrees. The pressure wore on him; he said to a friend: "Not a day goes by but I hear from some of my old outfit, usually about some sorrow or misfortune. I cannot bear it much more."[3] Whittlesey never married or had children.[10]

    Death

    In November 1921, Whittlesey acted as a pallbearer at the burial of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, along with fellow Medal of Honor recipients Samuel Woodfill and Alvin York. A few days later he booked passage from New York to Havana aboard the SS Toloa, a United Fruit Company ship. On November 26, 1921, his first night out of New York, he dined with the captain and left the smoking room at 11:15 p.m. stating he was retiring for the evening[11] and it was noted by the captain that he was in good spirits. Whittlesey was never seen again and committed suicide by jumping overboard; his body was never recovered.[12] Before leaving New York, he prepared a will leaving his property to his mother. He also left a series of letters in his cabin addressed to relatives and friends. The letters were addressed to his parents, his brothers Elisha and Melzar, his uncle Granville Whittlesey, and to his friends George McMurtry, J. Bayard Pruyn, Robert Forsyth Little and Herman Livingston Jr.[3] Also in his cabin was found a note to the captain of the Toloa leaving instructions for the disposition of the baggage left in his stateroom.[3] In a one-page will found at his law office, Whittlesey left McMurtry the German letter demanding the surrender of the Lost Battalion.[13] Whittlesey's suicide was front-page news although those close to him were not surprised. In his eulogy at Whittlesey's funeral, Colonel Averill, the 308th's commander, said Whittlesey's death "was in reality a battle casualty and that he met his end as much in the line of duty as if he had fallen by a German bullet."[14]""

  2. Any man who serves or has served is definitely an American and anyone who thinks different doesn't understand what being an American is all about whether they were born here or immigrated here. I have nothing but love for all of them

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