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(dramatic piano music)

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- [Narrator] US Marines fighting with the second division,

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reclaimed important ground in a fierce contest

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known to history now as the Battle of Belleau Wood.

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(gun shots and cannons)

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"Bravo the young Americans" a British newspaper trumpeted,

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and a French dispatch reported that their victories

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had electrified the world.

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- [Soldier] We are not the only Americans who have

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fought here vailiantly.

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Courageous United States Army soldiers fought with courage

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to secure the victory here, a triumph that's literally

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contributed to the preserving of freedom and relative peace.

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The legacy of the United States Marine Corps

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was forged right here in Belleau Wood.