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(heroic music)

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- [Announcer] 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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(guns firing)

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(cannon exploding)

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Bravo the young Americans, the 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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- These are not the only Americans

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who fought here valiantly.

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Courageous United States Army soldiers fought with courage

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to secure the victory here.

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A triumph that significantly contributed

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to the preserving of freedom and relative peace.

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The legacy of the United States Marine Corp,

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was forged right here in the Belleau Wood.

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(heroic music)