141st Infantry Regiment

It's October 1944 in the Vosges Mountains of eastern France.

A battalion of American soldiers, the lost battalion of the 141st Infantry Regiment made up of Texans, is surrounded by German forces cut off from the rest of the American army.

For days they've held out against repeated German attacks, running low on food, water, ammunition, and medical supplies.

Previous attempts to rescue them have failed.

This was difficult terrain, densely forested mountains that favored defenders and made attacks costly.

The fighting was brutal, and the 442nd was engaged in continuous combat.

The Lost Battalion was a unit of the 141st Infantry Regiment, part of the 36th Division, composed largely of soldiers from Texas.

This battalion had advanced too far and become surrounded by German forces, cut off from the rest of the American army.