After seeing the last half of this A&E special, I had to rent it. Rick Schroder stars in this gut wrenching 100 minute tribute to the US Army 77th Div, 308 Battalion. The battle takes place in the Argonne Forest in 1918. I focused mostly on the actual fighting. Trust me, see it, post what you think.

I also enjoyed the movie.also. I was a little skeptical about Rick Schroder as a battalion comander but he pulled it off well. The flamethrower scenes really bring home the horror of that war. I read somewhere that the commander that Schroder played, became so depressed about the loss of so many good men, that he commited suicide after the war.

Hi Don, I enjoyed your comments. I am not surprised if the commander Schroder played indeed ended his own life after the war. His character was portrayed as quite an enigma. It was also clear that this lawyer turned professional killer never did afford himself the luxury of not having to think. I don't believe "It don't mean nothing" ever entered this officer's mind.

I for one love this movie, it is really acurate on the type of fighting in the First World War. I loved the part in the trenches in the begginning, it was very accurate and the groundwork was awesome. In fact through the whole movie, I could only find equipment errors!




(Helmets with wierd straps, and wrong sights on springfields :-) )

Excellent show. Rick Schroeder pulled off a great bit of acting in this one. One of the more storied events in US World War 1 history.

this is a pretyy cool moive.
its comeing to dvd soon.
my mom has a friend .her dad was a ww1 vet.
he use to tell me storys about ww1.
this guy lived to be 97 he passed away back in
1987 he was a cool guy

" IIn fact through the whole movie, I could only find equipment errors!
(Helmets with wierd straps, and wrong sights on springfields ) "
Dave, I believe they were M1917"Enfield" Rifles. It was issued in signifacantly larger numbers to the AEF than the Sprinfield '03. Alvin York used one when he earned his Medal of Honor. There were only 600,000 Springfields on hand in 1917. Three firms were manufacturing the P14 in .303 for the British.Remington ,Winchester, and the MidvaleSteel & Ordanance company. The plants converted production to .30-06 and renamed the rifle the M1917.
brian

I could sware they were M1903A3's, there is a scene in which an enfield is up against a tree, and through the movie, none (except said enfield) had the magazines enfields do., the also have the muzzle outline of the springfield, differnent than the Enfields blocky looking muzzle.


this is only if my memory serves me correctly... I'm gonna do a google search...

Here are a couple images, well ones that sow either the muzzle or the action anyway.

I have to agree that "The Lost Battalion" is one good movie for a war movie about WWI since Gary Cooper's "Sgt. York"

Ricky Schroeder has sure come a long way from being a child star to a bankable actor.

By watching the movie, you fully understand how several of them won the Medal of Honor though at the cost of a lot of lives.

Approximately 75% of all American troops were armed with the M1917 at the time of the Armistice.

Oh I see... I stand corrected..

Oh, I see now. All the while I thought it's a Springfield. AFAIK, the Enfield's distinctive feature is that small box magazine underneath where the clip is inserted.