The war hero Charles White Whittlesey died at the age of 37. Here is all you want to know, and more!
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Commander of the Lost Battalion of World War I and recipient of the Medal of Honor.
He joined the Army in 1917, just before the U.S. officially entered World War I. Following his initial military training, he was sent to France.
He famously refused to surrender during an October, 1918 battle in which he and his men found themselves surrounded by enemy troops and cut off from supplies.