Hello Slipdigit. You wrote about the Lost Battalion for Old Hickory. Thank You, My Dad (120th Infantry) was one of the survivors of Mortain. I have the newspaper article, "The Lost Battalion" I photograph. It's too big to post. I have been posting pictures on the members Gallery under IBBARR from my Dad's Photo Album.
Old Hickory said, "We were attacked. We had the higher ground on one hill [Hill 314]. The 120 Infantry had a battalion on this hill. For 5 ½ days they were surrounded. We kept hearing that we were surrounded. Well, we were on the other side of the hill holding a road block and we didn’t see a German the whole time.

The 120th lost over half their men. There were more than 500 men and more than 300 didn’t walk off of that hill. They did one of the most heroic things. The Germans knew that they could not come up that hill in day time because of our artillery. They were coming at night."
You gave me chills thinking about what my Father went through.
I hope Old Hickory is doing well!
IBBARR