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200 10$aThrough the wheat $ethe U.S. Marines in World War I /$fEdwin H. Simmons and Joseph H. Alexander
210  1$aAnnapolis, Maryland :$cNaval Institute Press,$d2008.
210  4$dİ2008
215   $a1 online resource (327 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-59114-831-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aTable of Contents; List of Maps ; Foreword by Col. Allan R. Millett, USMCR (Ret.) ; Preface and Acknowledgments; Prologue: Les Mares Farm, Northern France, June 3, 1918; 1. ""The War to End All Wars"" ; 2. Fivefold Expansion ; 3. New Frontiers; 4. ""Over There"" ; 5. The Trenches of Verdun ; 6. ""Retreat, Hell!"" ; 7. Bellau Wood ; 8. ""In Every Clime and Place"" ; 9. Soissons: The First Day ; 10. Soissons: The Second Day ; 11. Marbache and St. Mihiel ; 12. Blanc Mont ; 13. The Meuse-Argonne Campaign ; 14. The Watch on the Rhine ; Epilogue ; Appendix: Medals of Honor Awarded ; Notes
327   $aBibliography Index ; About the Authors
330   $aU.S. Marine participation in World War I is known as a defining moment in the Marine Corps'' great history. It is a story of exceptional heroism and significant operational achievements, along with lessons learned the hard way. The Marines entered World War I as a small force of seagoing light infantry that had rarely faced a well-armed enemy. On a single June day, in their initial assault ""through the wheat"" on Belleau Wood against German machine-guns and poison gas shells, the Marines suffered more casualties than they had experienced in all their previous 142 years. Yet at Belleau Wood, S
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