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leaving instructions for the disposition of the baggage left in his stateroom. In a one-page will found at his law office, Whittlesey left McMurtry the German letter demanding the surrender of the Lost Battalion. Whittlesey's suicide was front-page news although those close to him were not surprised.
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The suffering of your wounded men can be heard over here in the German lines, and we are appealing to your humane sentiments to stop. A white flag shown by one of your men will tell us that you agree with these conditions. Please treat Private Lowell R. Hollingshead as an honorable man. He is quite
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fire from the surrounding 200-foot (61 m) high bluffs. The following days were perilous for Whittlesey and his men, as they were without food or water. Some of the men had never thrown a live grenade, but for four days, they resisted snipers and attacks by waves of German troops armed with hand
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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
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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 and it was noted by the captain that he was in good spirits. Whittlesey was never seen again and committed suicide by jumping
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Whittlesey's alleged reply was "You go to hell!" although he later denied saying it, stating a response was unnecessary. He ordered white sheets that had been placed as signals for Allied aircraft to drop supplies to be pulled in so they would not be mistaken for surrender signals. That night, a
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Although cut off for five days from the remainder of his division, Major Whittlesey maintained his position, which he had reached under orders received for an advance, and held his command, consisting originally of 46 officers and men of the 308th Infantry and of Company K of the
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region. Whittlesey commanded a mixed battalion of 554 soldiers, who advanced forward through a ravine. Because the units on their flanks failed to make headway, Whittlesey's troops were cut off from their supply lines, pinned down by
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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."
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Picture of Whittlesey's military decorations in the College Archives and Special Collections, Williams College, as seen in the article "Lost Again: Echoes of a WWI Hero's Suicide", The Berkshire Eagle=May 26,
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relief force arrived and the Germans retreated. Of the original 554 troops involved in the advance, 107 had been killed, 63 were missing and 190 were wounded. Only 194 were able to walk out of the ravine.
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Maj. Whittlesey (right) talking to Maj. Kenny, commanding the 3d Battalion, 307th Infantry after the battle. Kenny's battalion took part in "Lost Battalion" relief attempts.
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in 1908. Soon after graduating, he formed a law partnership with his Williams classmate J. Bayard Pruyn in New York City. Influenced by his friend and roommate at Williams,
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and placed in command of a battalion. On the morning of October 2, 1918, the 77th Division was ordered to move forward against a heavily fortified German line as part of a
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as a war hero, 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
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grenades, and in one incident, flame throwers. During this period war correspondents seized on the incident and dubbed the unit the "
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was known as the "Metropolitan Division" because it was made up largely of New York City men principally from the polyglot
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Charles White Whittlesey was born in Florence, Wisconsin, where his father worked as a logger, and he attended school in
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before resigning his membership in disgust over what he viewed as the movement's increasing extremism.
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For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty:
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Finding the Lost Battalion: Beyond the Rumors, Myths and Legends of America's Famous WW1 Epic
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released the songs "Diary of an Unknown Soldier and "The Lost Battalion" on their album
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and Herman Livingston Jr. Also in his cabin was found a note to the captain of the
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in which Whittlesey was featured. He tried to return to his career, working as a
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overboard; his body was never recovered. Before leaving New York, he prepared a
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On October 7, the Germans sent forward a blindfolded American POW carrying a
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based on accounts of the battle. In that portrayal Whittlesey was played by
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pinning the Medal of Honor on Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Whittlesey on
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Lost Battalions; The Great War and the Crisis of American Nationality
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L. Wardlaw Miles (1927). "Citations Awarded to the 308th Infantry".
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Beautiful War: Studies in Dreadful Fascination by Philip D. Beidler
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Whittlesey, Charles W.; McMurtry, George G. (September 30, 1928).
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Whittlesey's awards and decorations included the following:
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G.I. Messiahs: Soldiering, War, and American Civil Religion
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Blood in the Argonne: The "Lost Battalion" of World War I
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a soldier. We envy you. The German commanding officer.
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University of Alabama Press. 2016. p. 109. 821:List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War I 1503: 1090:"Charles White Whittlesey – the Charley Project" 983: 1547:American military personnel who died by suicide 654:Whittlesey received a battlefield promotion to 800:on the Lost Battalion and Charles Whittlesey. 709:, along with fellow Medal of Honor recipients 401:By September 1917 Whittlesey was promoted to 279:(January 20, 1884 – November 26, 1921) was a 1607:World War I recipients of the Medal of Honor 1592:United States Army Medal of Honor recipients 1527:United States Army Infantry Branch personnel 895:"'Lost Battalion' Hero Former Green Bay Boy" 1542:United States Army personnel of World War I 1056: 933: 931: 929: 927: 260: 27:United States Army Medal of Honor recipient 746: 689:Whittlesey never married or had children. 608: 42: 1270: 971: 443: 1428:at Williams College Special Collections. 1256:. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. 987:History of the 308th Infantry, 1917-1919 924: 697:In November 1921, Whittlesey acted as a 637: 392: 313: 1408:Works by or about Charles W. Whittlesey 1291: 1102: 959: 863: 14: 1504: 1103:Parrish, Melvin M. (August 26, 1980). 826:List of members of the American Legion 326:. He moved with his family in 1894 to 766: 334:in the class of 1901. He enrolled at 1248: 1234:. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1229: 1169: 1129: 1066:. C. Douglass Turner. Archived from 24: 1326: 1027: 994: 977: 612: 306:on November 26, 1921, at age 37. 25: 1623: 1612:Military personnel from Wisconsin 1367: 771:In 2001, U.S. television channel 1572:People declared dead in absentia 1562:Officers of the Legion of Honour 1489: 1477: 1465: 1453: 1441: 1426:Charles W. Whittlesey collection 1355:"The Epic of the Lost Battalion" 916: 587: 568: 553: 533: 505: 499: 492: 485: 461: 1577:People from Florence, Wisconsin 1348:. 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Charles White Whittlesey

Florence, Wisconsin
Atlantic Ocean
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Cuba
New York
New York
Pittsfield Cemetery
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Williams College
Harvard University
Lawyer
military officer
United States Army
Lieutenant Colonel
Lost Battalion
308th Infantry
77th Division
World War I
Oise-Aisne
Meuse-Argonne
Defensive Sector
Medal of Honor
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