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WWI Marine by Samuel J. Woolf
Marine Corps Art Collection |
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A black & white version of this cartoon first appeared in
The Lafayette Journal, Indiana, 12 June 1918
Courtesy of Erick Eastes
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Advertisement for the 1926 motion picture
What Price Glory?,
about the U.S. Marines in World War I,
based on the play by Laurence Stallings,
who lost a leg while leading a platoon
in the final charge at Belleau Wood.
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Belleau Wood, the Village of Belleau,
and the Aisne-Marne Cemetery
A portfolio of photographs of the Wood, the Village & the Cemetery
taken shortly after World War I.
~ New material added Armistice Day, 2000 ~ |
The Earliest Belleau Wood Museum
Built in the years following the Armistice,
it perished during the second German invasion
of June, 1940.
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Belleau Wood Museum
Meet Gilles Lagin, who is working
to open a museum about Belleau Wood
in Marigny-en-Orxois, France.
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The Bulldog Fountain at Belleau
Was it here that the idea of the bulldog as Marine Corps symbol
was born? |
Special Belleau Wood Exhibition at the
Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June ~ September, 2001 |
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Damage to the Belleau Wood Cemetery
caused by the Windstorm of 20 December 1999
A gallery of photographs showing the extent of the damage,
courtesy of Gilles Lagin. |
The March to the Rhine
The March of the 2nd Division, A.E.F.,
including the 4th Brigade of Marines,
from the Meuse to Rhine,
17 November to 13 December 1918
A day-by-day account, supplemented with detailed intelligence reports.
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The USS Henderson
Transport of the U.S. Marines, 1916~1946.
~ Under Construction ~ |
The Death of an Adventurer,
Kenneth Collings, Marine Flyer
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In War's Aftermath
After the fields of France,
life & death in the fields of home. |
The Tower at the Edge of the Wood
Seventy-five years after the battle, the grandson of a WWI Marine
makes a pilgrimmage to Belleau Wood |
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