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Rapparee	BS: Belleau Wood (2)	RE: BS: Belleau Wood	31 May 18
The US forces involved included the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Divisions and the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments, as well as the 6th (Army) Machine Gun Battalion. French and UK units were also involved, but you were talking about the US involvement. It was a brutal, ugly, nasty fight that lasted about three weeks, short by WW1 standards. US forces suffered 1,811 killed and 7,966 wounded, again few casualties by WW1 standards. This was also the battle were a Marine officer approaching the front, told by a French officer to go back, replied, "Retreat, hell! We just got here."

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