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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Traverse City and Lenawee County Young Marines are set to embark on a significant journey to Washington D.C. from June 11 ...

“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 ...

The event also marked the centennial of the Battle of Belleau Wood, where Marines and Army troops fought a bloody battle against German forces during World War I. Now, 100 years later, former foes ...

The German advance at the Battle of Belleau Woods, near Paris, took the lives of two local infantrymen and one engineer on ...

(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 ...

The three-week Battle of Belleau Wood became the first large-scale action for American soldiers, with Marines leading Gen. John Pershing's counteroffensive to halt German advances. Within six ...