BELLEAU, France — It was the spring of 1918, and the German army was making a final push toward Paris. The only thing in their way was a contingent of Allied troops, including untested U.S. forces ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Marine officers with of the 2nd Battalion, Sixth Regiment after the Battle of Belleau Wood. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps, National ...

Military representatives from the United States, France and Germany place wreaths at the American Marine Memorial in Belleau Wood prior to a Memorial Day commemoration at the Aisne-Marne American ...

The Battle of Belleau Wood speaks to the world at its worst and America at its very best. Fought 102 years ago in June, it saw young U.S. service members waging a brutal battle thousands of miles from ...

When French President Emmanuel Macron came to Washington, D.C., last month, he brought as a gift an oak sapling from Belleau Wood. But "Macron's Oak" did not get a lot of attention. Perhaps that's ...

In June of 1918, a fierce battle was waged at Belleau Wood, an ancient hunting-reserve of old-growth oaks, surrounded by wheat fields, located about 60 miles outside of Paris. The Germans were ...

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany – A group of about 100 Marines, some wearing military uniforms from World War I, came together Sunday at an American cemetery in France to pay tribute to fellow Marines who died ...

World War I began on June 28, 1914, but the US troops didn't join the fighting until late 1917. In mid-1918, US Marines saw action in Europe for the first time, facing the Germans at Belleau Wood. The ...

BELLEAU, France — It was the spring of 1918, and the German army was making a final push toward Paris. The only thing in their way was a contingent of Allied troops, including untested U.S. forces ...

BELLEAU, France — High-ranking military officials from the United States, France and Germany took part in Memorial Day ceremonies at an American cemetery in France on Sunday to mark the centennial of ...

BELLEAU, France — It was the spring of 1918, and the German army was making a final push toward Paris. The only thing in their way was a contingent of Allied troops, including untested U.S. forces ...