For this Assigned blog I had the Battle of Belleau Wood. This battle started on June 6, 1918, in France near the Marne River. This battle was a very big battle consisting of 38000 American soldiers and 13000 German soldiers at the beginning of the battle of the battle. The Americans were led by General Omar Bundy, General James Harbord, and Brigadier-General Lewis. This battle was fought because the Americans wanted to get the germans out of the town of Belleau Wood. This battle was very deadly, on June 6, 1918 the Marines suffered more casualties than on any other day in their history. Of course this record was not held for very long because WW1 was a very deadly war. This battle was best known for a quote from Captain Lloyd Williams of the Marines. This quote was made because the french were retreating off the battle ground and one of the ailed french soldiers asked if the Marines were going to follow the french and this is what he said " Retreat? Hell we just got here”. I think that this is how you know that he was a true American because he stood up for what he believes in, and that is the main reason that we rarely ever loose when it comes to war and battles. People with the mind set like him make our country great. The battle finally ended on June 26, 1918. The US had lots of casualties and 1811 deaths. On the other side the Germans Had an unknown amount of casualties and the Americans took 1600 POW's. At the time the Battle of Belleau Wood's attack it was the most costly battle fought by American troops against a foreign foe. This title would be shortly lost in the battle of Argonne Forest. If you want to learn more about that battle it is hyper linked in the word.
Map showing location of the battle of Belleau Wood (U.S. Military Academy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Belleau_Wood
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_belleau_wood.html
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Be sure to break your info up into paragraphs. Blog is also a bit brief overall.