This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Marines in the Belleau Wood counter attack letter
Major Robert L. Deng of the United States Marines writes home about the July 18 counter attack near Paris, detailing grim battle scenes. He names officers and the fate of comrades, describes air combat and shelling, and recalls the toll on his battalion as they fought in a fierce push that began the German front’s disintegration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Maarines
Maine
Robert L. Deng
United States Marines
Porter Street
Philadelphia
Marine Corps
Gan
Paris
Belleau Wood
Vierzy
Tigny
Solasons
Major Denig
Thomas Holcomb
Benton W. Sibley
John A. Hughes
Pete Wiimer
Hun
Camlons
France
Wass
Hunt
Keyser
Holcomb
Verdun
Iasi
Joe Murray
Litz
Sumner
Hughes
Sibley
Overton
Wilmer
Lloyd
No Mill
Cates
Wa ‘T
Turner
Lester S. Wass
U. S. Marinus
St. Nazarine
Bordeaux
Boston
Dunlap
Fellows
Baston
Quantico
Father
Aurry
New York
Indiannapolis
Herman G. Morgan
City Board of Health
Indianapolis
Doctor Morgan
Counses
State Board of Death
State Board
Frankfort
Vincennes
Linton
Indianapolia
W. W. Winslow
State Council of Defense Committee On
War Industries Board
Winslow
Indiana
War Board
Goodrich
H. KE. Tearnard
Washington, D. C
Food Administration
Barbard
Herbert Hoover
National Capital
Tudlaina State Council of Defense
United States Department of Agriculture
Indaniapolis
Evana Woolten
Good Tch
D. C
State Fuel Administration
HL. A. Garfield
Federal
Tore Haute
Allegheny Mountains
Aesculanian Society
Wabnah Valley
Joseph Hall
Westfield
Taos
Rush Medical College of
Chicago
Anderson
Madison County
Evanaville
Charles Kahn
American Red Cross Society
Phelps F. Lurby
Kahn
Battle Creek
Mich
Red Crage
Wats Pealigier