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Belleau Wood Battle Marked a Turning Point for Marines
Col Albertus Catlin watched 1st Battalion Marines advance into Belleau Wood on June 6 1918 as German fire rained down. The fight lasted three weeks with heavy casualties and bravura acts including Fred Stockham earning a posthumous Medal of Honor. The engagement reshaped the US Marine Corps into a modern fighting force.
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Col
Albertus Catlin
Maine
Havana Harbor
Vera Cruz
Belleau Wood
France
United States
National Museum of the Marine Corps
Triangle
Emmanuel Macron
White House
Fred Stockham
Stockham
Clifton Cates
Marine Corps
U.S. Marine Corps
George B. Clark
Edwin Howard Simmons
Joseph Alexander
Paris
Pacific
Russia
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Haiti
Cuba
Maj
John “Johnny the Hard” Hughes
Henry Hulbert
Benjamin Berry
Dan Daly
Catlin
Berry
Pennsylvania
Berton Sibley
Edward Cary
St. Louis
Sixth French Army
Bois de la Brigade de Marine
Annette Amerman
Marine Corps History Division
Simmons and
Alexander