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Belleau Wood

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Belleau Wood (bĕl`ō, bĕlō`), forested area in Aisne dept., N France, E of Château-Thierry. The scene of a victory over the Germans after hard fighting (June 6–25, 1918), involving chiefly U.S. troops, it was dedicated in 1923 as a permanent memorial to the American war dead.
Belleau Wood
locale of significant American triumph in WWI (1918). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 47]
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It was said that the officers of the Battalion were building miniature "terrains" out of modeling clay, and were learning the "principles of military tactics"; they were learning the Battle of Belleau Wood.
The Boy Scouts of Westhampton by Goodman, Paul / Radical Teacher
Marine Private Roscoe Temple fights in all the major battles from Belleau Wood to the Argonne Forest.
To the Last Man by Boyd, John E. / Kliatt
Belleau Wood (LHA 3) was decommissioned on 13 October, at NS San Diego, Calif.
People, planes, places by Fisher, Brandy / Naval Aviation News
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