Friday, August 24, 2018

Don Pischner to Share Story of ‘Lost Battalion’ During WWI

In honor of the 100th anniversary of WWI, area historian and former legislator Don Pischner will share the epic story of two local doughboys in a presentation at the library on Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m.
The vets were part of what came to be know as the “Lost Battalion,” 600 soldiers who were isolated by the Germans in a struggle that began on Oct. 2, 1918, and lasted for six days of “hell.”
Given the option by the Germans to “surrender or die” the surrounded men chose a third option.
Pischner will relate the experiences of Ruben Hudlow and Irvin Pischner, the speaker’s dad.

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