Because it tells us about the experience of a battalion which was practically totally destroyed, which points out the numerous casualties in the WW1 itself.
Explanation:
- "Lost Battalion" is the name of a U.S. battalion of the 77th Division in World War I, which was surrounded by the German army after the American attack in the Argonne Forest in October 1918.
- Of the more than 500 soldiers who entered the Argonne Forest, only 194 came out unharmed and the rest were wounded, killed or disappeared.
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