In the spring of 1918, the wooded area known as Belleau Wood, about 30 miles northest of Paris, was a quiet sanctuary of graceful old-growth trees, a hunting preserve for well-off Parisians ...

Alongside the Battles of Fallujah, Khe Sanh, Chosin, and Iwo Jima, Belleau Wood occupies a hallowed place in U.S. Marine Corps lore and history. These battles are ingrained in the Marines’ collective ...

WASHINGTON -- It is 100 years to the day, June 26, 1918, since an obscure wood 50 miles from Paris, the Bois de Belleau, was captured by U.S. forces in a protracted battle of WW1. During those ...

Although this was just one action among many in the Allied defensive strategy, by stopping the Germans and then driving them out of Belleau Wood, the U.S. Marines threatened the enemy’s position ...

In the eyes of the world, the Marines who fought at Belleau Wood proved that the " Teufel Hunden" (or "Devil Dogs") could battle against the most experienced combat troops in the world ...

“Retreat, hell! We just got here!” Williams’ statement came at the outset of a 25-day confrontation between the Marines and Germans at Belleau Wood. In spite of their eagerness to enter the ...

Historian Edward Lengel describes the events that occurred during the Battle at Belleau Wood. Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN videos. *This text was compiled from uncorrected ...

(Pictorial Parade/Getty) “I am up at the front and entering Belleau Wood with the U.S. Marines.” And with that final dispatch, war correspondent Floyd Gibbons — armed with nothing but his ...

Belleau Wood - a bloody encounter of WW1 - occupies a special place in the ... But for two of the party in particular, ex-Marines and Vietnam veterans, business was still business.