AUSTIN, Texas - In November 2007, when Gérôme Villain, a young Frenchman, found two rusted belly tanks dating from WWII in the Vosges mountains of eastern France, little did he realize they would inspire an extraordinary reunion of the parties involved in what has become known as the “Lost Battalion” story.
Pilots of the 405th Fighter Squadron dropped these belly tanks, which were filled with ammunition, food, medical and other supplies to sustain the soldiers of the “Lost Battalion,” the 141st Regiment of the 36th (Texas) Division. These soldiers were cut off behind enemy lines in a perilous weeklong battle for survival in October 1944 before being rescued by the Japanese American 442nd RCT.
http://www.asianweek.com/2008/08/12/japam-wwii-442nd-rct-veterans-attend-“lost-battalion”-symposium/
Pilots of the 405th Fighter Squadron dropped these belly tanks, which were filled with ammunition, food, medical and other supplies to sustain the soldiers of the “Lost Battalion,” the 141st Regiment of the 36th (Texas) Division. These soldiers were cut off behind enemy lines in a perilous weeklong battle for survival in October 1944 before being rescued by the Japanese American 442nd RCT.
http://www.asianweek.com/2008/08/12/japam-wwii-442nd-rct-veterans-attend-“lost-battalion”-symposium/
