On June 14, 1777, the Marine Committee of the Second Continental ... was the means Americans had of displaying their flags: poles whittled of wood and planted directly into the ground.

Remembered for their gritty, victorious stand some 105 years ago, Belleau Wood stands immortal in Marine Corps lore. “The Germans were good,” Clark wrote. “The Marines were better.” ...

The Battle of Belleau Wood is part of Marine Corps legend. William Anderson, a retired Marine Corps colonel who is writing a battlefield guide of Belleau Wood, joins Here & Now's Robin Young to ...