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In preparation for the next day’s festivities, the largest Memorial Day celebration in all of Europe at Aisne-Marne Cemetery, France, Cpl. Yves Joseph, a diary clerk with Marine Forces Europe, and Port-au-Prince, Haiti, native, places a miniature American flag next to a French one in keeping with Memorial Day traditions. The ceremony marked the 94th anniversary of the battle and embodied the legacy Belleau Wood has given to the Marine Corps and the brotherhood that unites an American-French friendship that has lasted from before the fields of World War I to the current operations in Afghanistan and was attended by Marines from commands all over Europe and the United States, to include: members of the 5th Marine Regiment, Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team, and Marine Forces Europe.
| Date Taken: | 05.26.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 05.28.2012 08:15 |
| Photo ID: | 589159 |
| VIRIN: | 120526-M-XI134-352 |
| Resolution: | 2912x4368 |
| Size: | 5.31 MB |
| Location: | BELLEAU, FR |
| Hometown: | STUTTGART, BW, DE |
| Web Views: | 45 |
| Downloads: | 6 |
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Marines Remember Their Fallen at Belleau Wood on Memorial Day
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