General John J. Pershing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, called the Battle of Belleau Wood: ""The biggest battle since Appomattox and the most considerable engagement American troops ...

American war correspondent Floyd Gibbons, photographed after the Battle of Belleau Wood, was shot in the arm, shoulder, and lost his left eye during the campaign. (Pictorial Parade/Getty) “I am up at ...

June 2018. The 100th anniversary of the Battle of Belleau Wood, held at Aisne-Marne Cemetery. Almost 10,000 U.S. soldiers died battling the German Army, June 6-26, 1918. The deadliest battle of World ...

Machine gun fire, sharpshooters, barbed wire, bayonets, bombs of every kind and finally, fist-to-fist fighting. That was the Battle of Belleau Wood where the German infantry and U.S. Marines clashed ...

Machine gun fire, sharpshooters, barbed wire, bayonets, bombs of every kind and finally, fist-to-fist fighting. That was the Battle of Belleau Wood, where the German infantry and U.S. Marines clashed ...

They had fought together at Belleau Wood, clawing their way through enemy-infested thickets in a battle that became legendary in the Marine Corps. They had clung to the sides of the same shell hole ...