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Forever lost in the Pocket -- a man's story in twenty photos.

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Jun 03, 2023
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Charlie Whittlesey was one of a million Americans who were thrust into battle in France’s Argonne Forest in October 1918.

He commanded a company of 554 men who had been ordered to fight their way through a thickly wooded ravine and assault a German observation post and artillery battery located halfway up a hill.

American and French units were to fight a…

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