DOCUMENTS. Set relating to John NORRIS of the 35th Infantry Division, part of the lost battalion of MORTAIN (Normandy), photos, press clipping circa 1944-1945. ABE The "lost" battalion of Mortain was surrounded on hill 314 by the German army at the time of the breakthrough from 6 to 12 August 1944, supplied in spite of everything, it was saved by the army which succeeded in joining them...