Photo by Master Sgt. Grady Fontana | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa | 05.29.2011
Members of the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Team perform during a Memorial Day service in honor of the 93rd anniversary of the Battle of Belleau Wood at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery. More than 1,800 Marines from the 5th and 6th Regiments lost their lives in the 21-day battle that stopped the last German offensive in 1918....
Photo by Master Sgt. Grady Fontana | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa | 05.29.2011
The “Commandant’s Own” drum and bugle corps performed in front of a crowd of more than 2000 on the parade field of the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery during a Memorial Day ceremony in honor of the 93rd anniversary of the Battle of Belleau Wood. More than 1,800 Marines from the 5th and 6th Regiments lost their lives in the 21-day battle that stopped the last German offensive in 1918....
Photo by Master Sgt. Grady Fontana | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa | 05.29.2011
A formation of French soldiers stands and pays tribute to fallen U.S. service members during a Memorial Day ceremony here. More than 2,000 French and American visitors attended the Memorial Day ceremony....
Photo by Master Sgt. Grady Fontana | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa | 05.29.2011
Lt. Gen. John M. Paxton Jr. (left), commanding general, II Marine Expeditionary Force and Brig. Gen. Paul W. Brier, deputy commander, Marine Corps Forces Europe, lay a wreath at the foot of the steps that lead to the chapel at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in front of dignitaries and a formation of Marines from 5th and 6th Marine Regiments during a Memorial Day ceremony here. At the......
Photo by Master Sgt. Grady Fontana | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa | 05.29.2011
The 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos lays a wreath at the foot of the steps that lead to the chapel at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in front of dignitaries and a formation of Marines from 5th and 6th Marine Regiments during a Memorial Day ceremony here. At the cemetery, there are 2,039 known buried and 250 unknown. In the chapel, there are 1,060 names inscribed on......
Photo by Master Sgt. Grady Fontana | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa | 05.29.2011
The 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos lays a wreath at the foot of the steps that lead to the chapel at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in front of dignitaries and a formation of Marines from 5th and 6th Marine Regiments during a Memorial Day ceremony here. At the cemetery, there are 2,039 known buried and 250 unknown. In the chapel, there are 1,060 names inscribed on......
Photo by Master Sgt. Grady Fontana | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa | 05.29.2011
French Commander of Land Forces Lt. Gen. Herve Charpentier lays a wreath during a Memorial Day ceremony here at the foot of the steps that lead to the chapel at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in front of dignitaries and a formation of Marines from 5th and 6th Marine Regiments. More than 2,000 French and American visitors attended the Memorial Day ceremony here....
Photo by Master Sgt. Grady Fontana | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa | 05.29.2011
Two aircraft from U.S. Air Force 492nd Fighter Squadron out of Lakenheath, U.K., conducts a flyover as a tribute to the U.S. service members who perished during the World War I Battle of Belleau Wood....
