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a8vny Today I Learned of the Lost Battalion in WW1, an American unit who was surrounded for 6 days after pushing too far forward into German lines, subject to friendly artillery fire and their only contact was via carrier pigeon
oBEjY TIL: Over 35,000 Americans fought for Canada in WWI. There is a monument in Arlington Cemetery dedicated to their fallen.
4X1oX TIL Rags, who became a World War I dog hero, was originally just a stray pup picked up by a couple of American soldiers in July of 1918. He carried messages from one US infantry division to the next tucked under his collar. He was buried with military honours when he died in 1936.