List of Illustrations
Foreword by Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, USMC (Ret.)
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. May 31 - June 1, 1918—Movement to the Marne: “I Could Feel the Warm Drop of His Tears on My Hand”
Belleau Wood Tour
Stop 1. Montreuil-aux-Lions
Stop 2. Le Thiolet, 2nd Division Boulder
Stop 3. Lucy-le-Bocage, 2nd Division Boulder
2. June 3, 1918--Digging In “When One Hits You Direct, You Are Just Saving Someone from Digging a Grave”
3. June 3, 1918—First Contact: “Those Germans Just Melted Away”
4. June 5-6, 1918: “Would the Lieutenant Like Some Cow Stew, Sir?”
Belleau Wood Tour
Stop 4. German Cemetery
Stop 5. Bussaires
Stop 6. Les Mares Farm
Stop 7. Marigny-en-Orxois
Stop 8. La Voie du Chatel
5. June 6, 1918—Berry’s 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines: “It Is Uncertain Who Holds Bois de Belleau”
Belleau Wood Tour
Stop 9. Wheat Field Attack, Belleau Wood Road
Stop 10. Belleau Wood Monument
6. June 6, 1918—Sibley’s 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines: “Come on You Bastards and Just Go. . . . What Do You Want to Do, Live Forever?”
Belleau Wood Tour
Stop 11. Attack of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines
7. June 6, 1918—Evening: “Come on Down and Join the Party”
Belleau Wood Tour
Stop 12. Bouresches
8. Belleau Wood Conclusions: “America Became the Deciding Factor in the War”
Belleau Wood Tour
Stop 13. Aisne Marne Cemetery
Stop 14. Belleau
9. Grant Strategy: “Thanks to the Arrival of American Reinforcements, Time Was Working Not for Us but against Us”
10. July 16-17, 1918—International Battles and the Movement to Soissons: “We the Lousy Infantry, SOL as Always”
Soissons Tour
Stop 15. Oise Marne Cemetery: Cimetière Américain
Stop 16. Courcy
Stop 16A. Taillefontaine
Stop 16B. Grenedier Guards
Stop 16C. Lieutenant Henri de Chasseval
Stop 16D. General Mangin’s Headquarters
Stop 16E. Captain Joost van Vollenhoven
Stop 17. Longpont
11. July 18, 1918—Daybreak: “Revenge, Revenge”
Soissons Tour
Stope 18. Verte Feuille Farm
12. July 18, 1918—Morning Assault: “It Looks Like as If We’ve Got to Take on the Whole Germany Army by Ourselves“
Soissons Tour
Stop 19. Beaurepaire Farm
Stop 20. Maison Neuve Farm
Stop 21. Chaudon
Stop 22. Vauxcastille
13. July 18, 1918—Evening Assault: “Rage Carried Us over Those Last Few Yards to the Boche”
Soissons Tour
Stop 23. Vierzy Railroad Station
Stop 24. Vierzy Cemetery
14. July 19, 1918—Attack of the 6th Marines: “We Threw Away the Hope of Life, and Yelling at the Top of Our Voices, We Struck Their Line”
Soissons Tour
Stop 25. 2nd Division Boulder
Stop 26. German Grenedier Positions
Stop 27. La Raperie
Stop 28. British Cemetery
Stop 29. Villemontoire
Stop 30. 6th Marines’ High-Water Mark
Stop 31. 2nd Division Marker, Tigny
Stop 32. Highes’s Advance
15 Aftermath: “How Many Hopes, Cherished during the Last Few Months, Had Probably Collapsed at One Blow!”
16. Final Conclusions: One Battle Remembered, One Battle Forgotten
Soissons Tour
Stop 33. French Cemetery
Stop 34. German Cemetery
Stop 35. American 1st Division Monument
Stop 36. 15th Scottish Division Cemetery
Appendix. Tables of Organization: Allied and German Units
Notes
Bibliography
Index
