Word: belleau
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Belleau Wood near Chateau Thierry, called by General Pershing "the Gettysburg of the World War," was dedicated, through the Belleau Wood Memorial Association, by the French to Americans who had died there...
Marshal Foch, in tears, was the chief spokesman. He called Belleau Wood "the cradle of victory" and said: " The men who died here are safe; they will be guarded by us religiously." He described the Wood as the scene of the turning point of the War and paid eloquent tribute to the U. S. Army...
...Belleau Wood was bought by the Belleau Wood Memorial Association under the Presidency of Mrs. James Carroll Frazier, who directed the plan to buy the land, preserve the battlefield with trenches and machine gun nests, erect a permanent monument, place descriptive tablets...
...celebration of the victory of the United States Marines at Belleau Wood, France, in June, 1918, will be held on Saturday, June 18, in the Stadium, under the auspices of the Massachusetts Marine Corps Association. The entire proceeds of the celebration is to go into a fund with which a Memorial Building is to be built in Boston in honor of the Marines who died during...
...half-mile and mile runs; D. F. O'Connell Jr. '21 in the mile; and J. R. Tolbert '22 in the weight event. The cups which will be awarded to the winners of the various events will be named for members of the Marine Corps who died at Belleau Wood...