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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A forested area of northern France east of Château-Thierry. In World War I it was the site of a hard-fought victory over the Germans (June 1918), and it now contains a cemetery dedicated to the Americans who died in the battle.
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- noun a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918
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Their lives ended in places called Belleau Wood, The Argonne, Omaha Beach, Salerno and halfway around the world on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Pork Chop Hill, the Chosin Reservoir, and in a hundred rice paddies and jungles of a place called Vietnam. 35
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Their lives ended in places called Belleau Wood, the Argonne, Omaha Beach, Salerno, and halfway around the world on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Pork Chop Hill, the Chosin
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Their lives ended in places called Belleau Wood, The Argonne,
United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches United States. Presidents.
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Their lives ended in places called Belleau Wood, The Argonne,
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Their lives ended in places called Belleau Wood, The Argonne, Omaha Beach, Salerno and halfway around the world on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Pork Chop Hill, the Chosin Reservoir, and in a hundred rice paddies and jungles of a place called Vietnam.
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Less than a month later the marine brigade of the 2nd Division drove the Germans out of Belleau Wood while the 3rd Division fought at Chateau Thierry.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Less than a month later the marine brigade of the 2nd Division drove the Germans out of Belleau Wood while the 3rd Division fought at Chateau Thierry.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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It was the beginning of the battle of Belleau Wood.
Beth Crumley: "Elizabetrh Ford" - A Model T Truck in France Beth Crumley 2012
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It was the beginning of the battle of Belleau Wood.
Beth Crumley: "Elizabetrh Ford" - A Model T Truck in France Beth Crumley 2012
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Marines rushed to set up their artillery guns at the Belleau Wood outpost outside Marjah on Feb. 10.
U.S. Starts Afghan Surge Michael M. Phillips 2010
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