100th Anniversary Of The Battle Of Belleau Wood During World War I

CHATEAU-THIERRY, FRANCE - MAY 26: U.S. Marine Mark Weinrich, his wife Kathryn and their daughters Charlie (L), 8, and Emily, 9, help plant U.S. and French flags at the graves of U.S. soldiers, most of them killed in the World War I Battle of Belleau Wood, at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery on May 26, 2018 near Chateau-Thierry, France. Nearly 100 years before U.S. soldiers, many of them marines, repelled repeated assaults from a German advance at Belleau Wood only 60 miles from Paris. The U.S. suffered approximately 10,000 casualties in the month-long battle, including nearly 2,000 dead. Today the Battle of Belleau Wood is central to the lore of U.S. Marines. A ceremony at the Aisne-Marne American cemetery scheduled for May 27, on Memorial Day, will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the battle. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)