13073 - U.S. Marine NCO Firing M1911 Pistol, Belleau Wood, 1918 K&C Luftwaffe (the Bulldog still their mascot)

(the Bulldog still their mascot)

United States Marine Eugene Sledge wrote of the grim reality he experienced during his time in the Pacific Theater

Tin cups instead of wine glasses

This trio of German Officers are now at the mercy of their French captors and looking distinctly worried

13073 - U.S. Marine NCO Firing M1911 Pistol, Belleau Wood, 1918 K&C Luftwaffe (the Bulldog still their mascot)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 ferocious assaults across open wheat fields. Their tenacity and