Story of the Lost Battalion
Historian and author Robert Laplander presented a talk titled Hell’s Half Acre - The True Story of the Lost Battalion. Mr. Laplander has stu… read more
Historian and author Robert Laplander presented a talk titled Hell’s Half Acre - The True Story of the Lost Battalion. Mr. Laplander has studied the subject for over twenty years and is the author of Finding the Lost Battalion: Beyond the Rumors, Myths and Legends of America’s Famous WWI Epic. This program was part of an all-day symposium hosted by the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri. close
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