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#4422919 - 05/27/18 12:22 PM Battle of Belleau Wood  
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Interesting article about the Americans in WWI.

Battle of Belleau Wood

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#4422929 - 05/27/18 01:50 PM Re: Battle of Belleau Wood [Re: Hellshade]  
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High over the Front
Devil Dogs.
The Marine units involved still wear the French Forage (probably spelled wrong) to this day.

#4423070 - 05/28/18 09:19 AM Re: Battle of Belleau Wood [Re: Hellshade]  
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Stumbled across the correct spelling.
Fourragere
Whew. I was way off - not my unit though is my defense.

#4423244 - 05/29/18 09:42 AM Re: Battle of Belleau Wood [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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It depends on what collective award the regiment was recipient of : fourragère red for the légion d 'honneur or green/red for the croix de guerre, yellow/green for the médaille militaire


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