6 June 1918 - Marines advance into Belleau Wood against German machine guns.
Belleau Wood represents much to the Marine Corps. It marks the transition point where the Marine Corps changed from a neocolonial, sea service detachment and occupation force to that of a truly modern fighting force.
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| "Belleau Wood" by Alexander Marrow, Capt Gregory Starace and Agostino von Hassell | |



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I first met Gen Clifton Bledsoe Cates, our 19th Commandant, at a reception marking his promotion to brigadier general held in the ballroom of Harry Lee Hall at Quantico in the spring of 1943. After the receiving line broke up, Been Cates stood by the fireplace mantel, uniformed in summer service with the red and green fouragerre of the Gth Marines on his shoulder and a long cigarette holder in his hand. 