Dedication of Marine Memorial at Belleau Wood, France Part 1

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INDEX DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION FILE THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25 D.C. - LIBERTY 5-6700 RADIO - TV BRANCH, TELEVISION SECTION PICTORIAL BRANCH, NEWSREEL SECTION ROOM 2E-791 EXT. 72902 75061 ROOM 2D-780A EXT. 75111 TELENEWS WARNER-PATHE DUPE NEGATIVE TO: FINE GRAIN TO: (A) Release No. 239-55 Footage: 350 Ft. (X) 20 December 1955 DEDICATION OF MARINE MEMORIAL AT BELLEAU WOOD, FRANCE NOTE: FOR RELEASE TUESDAY, 27 DECEMBER 1955 (Official Army footage released by Department of Defense) The monument is in the memory of the Marines of the 4th Marine Brigade and part of the 2nd Division AEF which successfully fought to oust the Germans from Belleau Wood and broke their advance toward Paris in June 1918. The Marine memorial was dedicated recently by General Lemuel C. Shopherd, Jr.9 Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. This was particularly fitting for General Shepherd since he was twice wounded in the battles for Bellow Wood as a young officer and also because of his retirement on December 31. He was accompanied at the dedication ceremonies by high-ranking officials of the United States and French Armed Forces, Belleau Wood, near Chateau=Thierry, is the location of the beautiful Aisne- Marrie Cemetary maintained under the American Battle Monuments Commission. The Wood has been preserved as a memorial exactly as it was during World War I. There are still shell craters, fox holes, traces of barbed wire, French-German artillery pieces and mortars throughout the Woods. It was the scene of some of the most violent and heroic fighting of World War Io Sequences show: (a) General Shepherd arrives and marches through an Honor Guard of French sailors and U.S. Marines. (b) General Shepherd makes a short speech followed by Mr. Felix deWeldon, sculptor of the memorial. (c) The Memorial is unveiled and wreaths of flowers are places at the base of st. (d) Dedication ceremonies. NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY The fine grain master positive, released to the company designated above, is for duplication and distribu- tion to interested TV and Newsreel pool members. It is then to be returned within 7 days to the Film Library, Signal Corps Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York. The master positive must not be cut in any manner. A dupe negative is also for release to the company designated above for distribution to pool members so desiring for duplication purposes. Within 24 hours it will be delivered to DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth nue, New York, N. Y., telephone Circle 7-3220 where it will be available to non-pool members and other thorized organizations which make satisfactorv financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The DUPE NEGATIVES must not be cut in any manner. B-30102

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