13071 - U.S. Marine Advancing with Rifle, Belleau Wood, 1918 W The Wilderness

The Wilderness

"Good King Richard"

A 4 man fire-team could lay down as much suppressing fire as a 9 man rifle squad

The regiment was made up of soldiers from the Palatine Zweibrücken

13071 - U.S. Marine Advancing with Rifle, Belleau Wood, 1918 W The WildernessNEW ARRIVAL! U. S. Marine Advancing with Rifle, Belleau Wood, 1918 In June 1918, the United States Marine Corps earned one of its most legendary battle honors in the forests of Belleau Wood, France. As German forces threatened Paris during a major Spring Offensive, the Marines of the 4th Brigade were ordered to hold the line and then attack. Facing entrenched German machine guns, barbed wire, and poison gas, the Marines launched wave after wave of