U.S. Marines with 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, and French Armed Forces soldiers with the 21st Marine Infantry Regiment, Troupes de Marine, French Army, participate in activities and ceremonies for Bazeilles Day following Exercise DELAYEN, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Sep. 4, 2025. The celebration of the 155th Bazeilles Day commemorates a pivotal moment for the French Armed Forces during the Franco-Prussian war in 1870 where French marines were outnumbered by their enemy ten-to-one during one of the first recorded instances of urban warfare. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Matthew Benfield) (Video has been edited for security purposes)
| Date Taken: | 09.04.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 09.16.2025 14:43 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 976773 |
| VIRIN: | 250904-M-FM807-1001 |
| Filename: | DOD_111291144 |
| Length: | 00:03:08 |
| Location: | PF |
| Downloads: | 9 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 9 |
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