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A GALLERY OF EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS





Belleau Wood

A Distant View of the Wood

Views of the Wood's Interior

The "Pavillion", or "Hunting Lodge"

The Marine Memorial

~ New material added Armistice Day, 1999 ~



Views of the Earliest American Cemeteries
at Belleau Wood

List of the Earliest American Cemeteries
at Belleau Wood, with their Locations ~


One of the Earliest American Cemeteries at Belleau Wood ~
This One near the Entrance to the Village


Another of the Earliest American Cemeteries at Belleau Wood ~
This One alongside the Wood


The Wreathed Flags used to Decorate the Graves
in the Earliest American Cemeteries


~ New material added August 17th ~





Views of the Aisne-Marne Cemetery

Views of the Cemetery in 1919

Views of the Cemetery in the 1920s

Views of the Cemetery in the 1930s



The Memorial Chapel at the Foot of Belleau Wood

The Chapel during the 1940s

Close-up Views of the Chapel taken in 1992


The Wartime Ruins of Belleau

Belleau Chateau

The Village Farms

The Schoolhouse

The Church

Miscellaneous Ruins in the Village

At the Edge and Beyond the Village

~ New material added August 13th ~





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