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To: RandFan

It’s also the 106th anniversary of the Battle of Belleau Wood, where the US Marines turned the tide of WWI.


23 posted on 05/28/2024 8:02:59 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

One of the heroes of the battle of Belleau Wood was Lemuel Sheppard, Jr. (1896-1990), later Commandant of the Marine Corps. I have a photo from 1954 of my father with Gen. Sheppard.


27 posted on 05/28/2024 1:04:00 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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