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mtncorg Says: Oise-Aisne is the second largest American military cemetery in Europe with 6,012 burials. Most died fighting in the area around here – this particular ground was fought over by the US 42nd Division – in 1918. The graves are laid out in four plots which front a large...
US 26TH DIVISION MEMORIAL CHURCH
mtncorg Says: The US 26th Division is known as the Yankee Division made up as it was by primarily National Guardsmen from Massachusetts and adjoining New England States. The 26th Division saw action here capturing Belleau village. To help remember that achievement, the veterans...
mtncorg Says: Laid out in a sweeping curve, the cemetery lies at the foot of Belleau Wood and holds 2,289 American soldiers’ graves with 251 unknowns. Most of the dead resulted from the battles in the immediate area during the summer of 1918. Amongst the graves you can notice many of the...
mtncorg Says: The US 2nd Division began its life in France in 1917. One of its brigades was the 4th Marine Brigade, attached because the Marine Corps did not want the Army to be the only part of the Armed Forces to see all of the action and gain all of the glory. For a significant part of...
CHATEAU THIERRY AMERICAN MONUMENT
mtncorg Says: Officially known as the American Aisne-Marne Monument, the memorial sits atop Cote 204 overlooking the town of Chateau Thierry and the Marne River. Tablets describe the actions of the American units in the fighting that took place here during the summer of 1918 – Cote 204...
IRON MIKE - BELLEAU WOOD AND THE US MARINE CORPS
mtncorg Says: In honor of the actions of the 4th Marine Brigade here in June 1918, the French renamed the forest here as the Bois de la Brigade de Marine. The Marines helped stop the German advance that had been ongoing since their 27 May offensive had been rolling south off the Chemin...
mtncorg Says: The Germans nicknamed the Marines the “Teufel Hunde” or “Devil Dogs”. With such a nickname, the Marines erected this fountain known as the Bulldog Fountain. It is one of the focal point for any Marine Corps visitor to the sites around Belleau. Located on the grounds of the...
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In honor of the actions of the 4th Marine Brigade here in June 1918, the French renamed the forest here as the Bois de la Brigade de Marine. The Marines helped...
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BELLEAU – HOLY GROUND FOR THE US MARINE CORPS
It was here in and around the woods south of Belleau that the US 2nd Division with the 4th Marine Brigade as one of its elements stopped and drove back German attackers who had been pushing south in...
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