For a generation the Lost Battalion exemplified the best of America\'s involvement in World War I.
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Johnson was a newspaperman and author who covered World War I.
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Until World War II pushed the Lost Battalion out of the national memory with its own scenes of horror and heroism, mention of the unit\'s name summoned up what America admired in its soldiers: unpretentious courage, dogged resistance, and good cheer and adaptation under adversity.
For a generation the Lost Battalion exemplified the best of America\'s involvement in World War I