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War memoir of Marines in France by John W. Thomason Jr
A cross section of World War I Marine battles in France describes the Fourth Marine Brigade and the Second Division. It portrays diverse Marines from many regions as they endure hunger, shelling, and weariness near Marigny and Cantigny, then move toward Paris Metz road while witnessing civilian distress and French troops weary from long service.
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Thomason
France
Paris-Meix
South Pacific
Nore
Iaden
Brandywine
Trenton
Yorktown
San Jacinto
Chapultepec
Gettysburg
Chickamauga Antietam
el Caney
Argonne
Trench
Degoutte
Porte Metz
Pacific Coast
Pekin
Manila
Portsmouth Navy Yard
New Hampshire
West Indies
Charlemagne
Christophe
Haute-Marne
Milwaukee
Navy
Marine Brigade
United States Regular
Regiment of Engineers
Seventeenth Field Artillery
United States
Army
Gallipoli
Henderson
Marines
Bowie
Ashby
Xalusway
Gras
Tres Omauvais
Labas
Beaucoup
Bochelle
Verdun
Bourmont
Cantigny
Cuntigny
Montdidier
Weda
Camlons
Meaurx
Paris- Metz
Chemin Des Dames
Marne