Factual error: The canteens used by US troops in a couple of the scenes are the wrong type. The twin handle design M1956 came out in the mid 1950s.
The Lost Battalion (2001)
1 factual error - chronological order
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy
Starring: Ricky Schroder, Jay Rodan, Jamie Harris, Phil McKee
Factual error: The canteens used by US troops in a couple of the scenes are the wrong type. The twin handle design M1956 came out in the mid 1950s.
Yoder: Hey, how come you guys from New York call everybody "buddy"?
Lipasti: You're not from the city?
Yoder: From Bigfork, Montana.
Lipasti: Never heard of it. I didn't know they let apple-knockers into this outfit.
Question: In one of the last scenes of the movie when the camera is spanning the waste of the battlefield, why is there a British Lee Enfield rifle shown propped up against a tree? Why would that weapon be found there?
Answer: It was not uncommon for us troops in WW1 to be issued the Lee Enfield or the 1917 Enfield.
Answer: Units from all nations were mixed throughout the field.