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135: Belleau Wood – A Cut Deeper with Captain Mac Caldwell

History That Doesn't Suck

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The Battle of Bellowood

Bellowood, June 6th. Is it too much for me to say this is like a rebirth of the Marine Corps? It really is. And it started as a result of a French force that for all intents and purposes was fighting on its heels. The Germans viewed this part of the line as the critical vulnerability in France's line. This was 53 miles from Paris, easy road to take all the way to Paris. So they threw division after division after division at this segment of the line. And the French took the brunt of that blow. Black Jax: See if we play some troops, some men. We get the second and third. And of course, within those

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