Château-Thierry American Monument, Belleau Wood American Monument & Aisne-Marne American Cemetery
The Château-Thierry American Monument, Belleau Wood American Monument & the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. During our cruise in Champagne we visit the WWI battlefield and monument at Château-Thierry and the American cemetery at Belleau Wood, it was here that US forces fought one of their bloodiest battles during World War One.
The countryside surrounding Château-Thierry was the site of many great battles during both World Wars and a number of monuments and cemeteries mark the bravery of thousands of Allied soldiers who fought to liberate France and who now lie interred under her soil.
The town was the focal point of the second battle of the Marne (1918), which ended the last German offensive of World War I. A monument to the U.S. soldiers who fought in the battle is just outside the town.
Aisne Marne American Cemetery
Lying south of the village of Belleau, France, this 42.5- acre cemetery contains the graves of 2,289 Americans, most of whom fought in the vicinity and in the Marne valley in the summer of 1918. On the interior walls of the memorial chapel are the names of 1,060 who were missing in the region.
USMC le 24 mai 2009 au cimetiere Américain de Belleau (Chateau Thierry)
Memorial Day 2009
Aisne Marne American Cemetery
02400 - Belleau (Chateau Thierry), France
Memorial Day Ceremony (2014) at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France
(All photos and audio was recorded over Memorial Day weekend 2014 on-location.)
This is a summary of the US Marine Corps ceremony at Belleau Wood, commemorating the Marines who died there helping the French defend Paris against the Germans during World War I.
Among those fallen is a relative of ours, Private Daniel Dopp (81st Company, 6th Machine Gun Battalion, US Marine Corps), who died from incoming shellfire on June 9th, 1918.
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Le Mémorial du Bois Belleau
Le 27 mai plus de 5 000 personnes sont attendues pour le centenaire de la bataille du bois Belleau dans l'Aisne.
Intervenants :
Clinton Hubbled
Colonel de Marines en retraite;
Pierre Commeine
Auteur du livre la voyageuse du centenaire ;
Katherine Hubbled
Epouse et mère de Marines;
Shane Williams
Surintendant du cimetière Aisne-Marne et du mémorial de Bois-Belleau
Un reportage de Eric Henry, Rémi Vivenot et Fabien Desgardins
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Oise Aisne American Cemetery
Lying 1.5 miles east of Fere en Tardenois (Aisne), France, and 14 miles northeast of Chateau-Thierry, this 36.5-acre cemetery contains 6,012 American graves, most of whom died in the area in 1918. The chapel walls contain the names of 241 missing.
Memorial Day 2012: Aisne Marne American Cemetery
Watch the live coverage of the 2012 Memorial Day Ceremony at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France. American Forces Network Europe broadcasted live from the ceremony on May 27, 2012.
Part 3, 2012 Memorial Day Ceremony at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery
Watch coverage of the American Forces Network Europe webcast of the 2012 Memorial Day Ceremony at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France. The webcast gave viewers first-hand-access to the solemn ceremony at this historic cemetery. The cemetery sits at the foot of Belleau Wood, the location of a fierce World War I battle in June 1918, and a site shrouded in U.S. Marine Corps history.
Explore France 1/8: Belleau Wood: Battlefield, Fountain, and Cemetery & Memorial - [4K]
On Day One:
- Tour the woods of Belleau nearly 99 years after the battle.
- Drink from the fountain in the Chateau Belleau
- Pay your respects to the fallen Marines and Soldiers at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
The video cannot do the woods, or the Memorial justice. If you are a Marine, a student of history, a proud American (or Frenchman), be sure to visit this moving memorial of one of the most strategically important battles of the Great War.
Music provided by a recording of the Commandant's Own ( playing Church Windows
Cimetière Américain de Bois Belleau
Le Memorial de Bois Belleau
Dans le cimetière américain de Bois Belleau, les Marines ne représentent qu'une petite partie des soldats US inhumés sur le site. Mais pour eux, cette bataille est fondatrice de leur renommée et c'est un lieu de pèlerinage.
Avec Clinton Hubbled, Colonel de Marines à la retraite; Pierre Commeine, auteur du livre la voyageuse du centenaire ; Katherine Hubbled, épouse et mère de Marines et Shane Williams, surintendant du cimetière Aisne-Marne et du mémorial de Bois-Belleau/Reportage de Eric Henry et Rémi Vivenot
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MEMORIAL DAY - BELLEAU 2016 #1
Départ des porte-drapeaux
Part 2, 2012 Memorial Day Ceremony at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery
Watch coverage of the American Forces Network Europe webcast of the 2012 Memorial Day Ceremony at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France. The webcast gave viewers first-hand-access to the solemn ceremony at this historic cemetery. The cemetery sits at the foot of Belleau Wood, the location of a fierce World War I battle in June 1918, and a site shrouded in U.S. Marine Corps history.
France 3 Journal du 30 mai 2010 Memorial Day Belleau Richard Williams Roosevelt et la famille Coret
Memorial Day Belleau 2010 Richard Williams Roosevelt Maitre de Ceremonie. Plus de 700 Marines de tous les USA et d'Europe célèbrent le Memorial Day en France Près de Chateau-Thierry. Histoire d'une amitié Franco américaine entre la famille Roosevelt et la famille Coret autour du souvenir du pilote Quentin Roosevelt abattu a Chamery le 14 juillet 1918.
Part 1, 2012 Memorial Day Ceremony at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery
Watch coverage of the American Forces Network Europe webcast of the 2012 Memorial Day Ceremony at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France. The webcast gave viewers first-hand-access to the solemn ceremony at this historic cemetery. The cemetery sits at the foot of Belleau Wood, the location of a fierce World War I battle in June 1918, and a site shrouded in U.S. Marine Corps history.
Le débarquement américain à Château-Thierry
Les soldats de la 2ème division US, principalement composée de vétérans d’autres campagnes militaires mais aussi de Marines redoutables et très bon tireurs, reçoivent l’ordre de tenir la ligne dans le secteur du bois Belleau, alors aux mains des allemands. Après avoir repoussé les attaques pendant des jours, les Marines recoivent l’ordre de reprendre le bois Belleau le 6 juin 1918.
Avec la participation de Guile 93 !
Un grand merci à la maison du tourisme Les Portes de la Champagne et au département de l'Aisne pour ce partenariat ! Opération soutenue par l’Etat Fonds National d’Aménagement et de Développement du Territoire de l’Aisne.
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Remerciement à l'American Battle Monuments Commission abmc.gov
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France Memorial Day - Celebration Le jour du Souvenir à Belleau Wood
France Celebration Le jour du Souvenir à Belleau Wood
Le jour du Souvenir1 (en anglais Veterans Day, Remembrance Day ou Poppy Day), aussi connu comme jour de l'Armistice, est une journée de commémoration annuelle observée en Europe et dans les pays du Commonwealth pour commémorer les sacrifices de la Première Guerre mondiale ainsi que d'autres guerres. Cette journée a lieu le 11 novembre pour rappeler la signature de l'Armistice mettant fin à la Première Guerre mondiale, en 1918
To celebrate Memorial Day and to mark the 98 th anniversary of the historic WWI Battle of Belleau Wood, U.S. Marines, French soldiers, and the community of Belleau, France, gathered at Aisne-Marne American Memorial Cemetery to honor the fallen, May 29, 2016. The memorial cemetery lies outside the historic grounds of Belleau Wood and featured the laying of wreathes, firing of volleys, playing of “TAPS,” and speeches by the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Mayor of Belleau, and the Deputy General of the French Army.
Right up to Armistice Day, US clout in WWI kept increasing
(6 Nov 2018) By this time of year exactly one hundred years ago, in 1918, United States soldiers had been involved in enough World War I battles that a half-dozen cemeteries are now dotted across northern France to honour their dead.
A majority of the close to 2,300 US soldiers now buried at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery died fighting German troops during the almost month-long battle of Belleau Wood.
While many across the Atlantic considered WWI to be Europe's war, US troops were instrumental in turning the tide in after the nation had shed its isolationism and declared commitment to stand by its European allies by joining them.
In the 1,5 years that followed after the US declared war on Germany in April 1917, a standing army of 127,500 had turned into an armed force of two million in Europe, with an additional two million soldiers ready to be deployed.
Speed was of the essence. Russia left the war in March 1918 and Germany had sent its troops to the Western front for a final full onslaught. Just in time, US soldiers started arriving en masse.
The Americans attacked without much preparation, French historian Jean-Michel Steg told the Associated Press at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery earlier this year, adding that US troops showed a lot of courage - quickly attacking against the enemy instead of retreating.
But parttaking in the fighting came at a heavy cost for the United States, with an estimated 360,000 casualties including 126,000 killed in action and 234,000 wounded.
Still, it hardly compared to French military losses of 1.4 million or those of the British imperial forces of 1.1 million.
Not all of those who perished in various battles were army soldiers.
Just outside Paris, a large number of volunteers rest at the French commune of Suresnes' American Cemetery, which was dedicated in 1937.
They volunteered in every capacity imaginable to fight for the cause of freedom and liberty, said cemetery superintendent Keith Stadler.
Those who didn't make it through the war were buried at Surnesnes' graveyard along with some 1,500 US soldiers who fought in all the major battles of the War.
US President Donald Trump is expected to join other world leaders at World War I armistice events hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron over the weekend. He is set to visit some of the burial sites.
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Memorial Day at the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial in St.-Avold, France.
Memorial Day at the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial in St.-Avold, France. May 25, 2014.
The Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial covers 113.5 acres and contains the largest number of graves of our military dead of World War II in Europe, a total of 10,489. 444 MIAs are also honored by name, rank, and service branch on the Walls of the Missing. Most of the Fallen here were killed while driving the German forces from the fortress city of Metz toward the Siegfried Line and the Rhine River in 1944 and 1945.
Memorial Day 2012: Luxembourg American Cemetery
U.S. Army Europe Commander, Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, reflects on the high price of freedom during the 2012 Memorial Day Ceremony at Luxembourg American Cemetery on May 26, 2012.