Episode 56: Meuse Argonne – l’Homme Mort, or, the Small Pocket

The 77th Division continues its grind through the Argonne Forest in the last days of September 1918. Under orders to advance without regard to flanks, US Army MAJ Charles Whittlesey and his 1st Battalion, 308th Infantry Regiment find themselves cut off and surrounded on a hill named l’Homme Mort. 

 

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Operational map of 77nd Buffalo Division in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 19 SEP-16 OCT 1918. Map provided by Griffin Group Photos collection on www.meuse-argonne.com.

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