"Favorite Battle: Belleau Woods!" Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	31 Jul 2020 12:22 p.m. PST
You were asked – TMP link Which land battle from this conflict is your favorite on the tabletop? And in the final tiebreaker round of voting: 37% said "Belleau Woods" 27% said "Tannenberg"
Shagnasty	31 Jul 2020 1:21 p.m. PST
"Devil Dogs!"
Irish Marine	31 Jul 2020 2:04 p.m. PST
My Great Grand Father was there; 51st company 2/5.
mildbill	03 Aug 2020 3:58 a.m. PST
Suprising amount of US Army involved in this battle that kept the Marines from being cut out of the post war budget.
Wackmole9	03 Aug 2020 6:06 a.m. PST
THey had better reporters link link
Irish Marine	03 Aug 2020 2:54 p.m. PST
The reason was Gen Pershing wanted all new articles concerning the Army to go through him before being sent to the states, but one reporter got around that by simply stating US Marines are not in the Army. So news articles about the Corps got to the states first.

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