Oooorah! The Marine Brigades!
In 1918, Marines of the Fifth and Sixth Regiments, by their heroic deeds of valor, inscribed the names of momentous and brilliant battles on the pages of Marine Corps history, as well as on their own regimental battle colors. They have the single honor of being the only two regiments in the American Expeditionary Force to receive three citations—two in the Orders of the Army and one in the Orders of the Corps—the Fourragere and the Croix de Guerre with two Palms and one Gilt Star.
Semper fi.
To the memory of the Devil Dogs of Bellesu Wood.
My maternal grandfather was there having followed Pershing from The Villa Expedition
My paternal great uncle as well as a Marine and was gassed at Belleau Wood
A life thereafter of the effects of that for 38 years