Show of Belle Belleau u Wood Woo BattleS Battle S To Be Read at 2nd Division Meet WASHINGTON May 27 fl AP AP- AP When 2000 former nie members bers' bers of ot th the Second division meet in Boston Mar fay 30 to June June- 1 eleventh anniversary sary of the tho beginning of the Belleau wo wood d engagement their celebrated historical historical- committee will announce the tho completion of f the B Belleau wood monograph They may read the tile history that they made in ten high casualty attacks attacks attacks at at- at- at tacks In Belle Belleau u wood June Juno 1 to July 18 18 1918 It c comes mes from the pen of John W. W Thomason Jr author Illustrator I captain of ot the Unit United d States marines marines marines ma ma- rines and is part of the gigantic S Second cond division historical section project in which German original army army- records were checked checked- with those of the American army to In Insure insure Insure in- in sure accuracy Captain Thomason spent three m months in n Germany Germani Every lvery statement of or his monograph monographs Is s supported by reference Maps of his lis own sketching will aid the Secand Second Sec Sec- ond and division regu regulars rs In their reminiscing 1 g over O the Belleau battle battle- and Capt Captain in ln Thomason's clear lear cut pictures will bring back jack the scenes Turn the pages CO COUNTRYSIDE IN FLIGHT The weather waS waS- clear clear and the theUn sun Un and merciless r j ess on this last da day ay of May The hard Rue Nationale Nationale Nation Nation- ale and the lesser roads bore boren borea n a top dressing a ot af dust as fine and white as Talc Talcum m powder The dust rose tose roseand roseand and hung thick in th the still air all so sq that hat e each motor column mn went in a aloud loud cloud of or K itS own making The w went t t up the right of or th the road oad Up the he other side eide coming down was the Ithe the flow of ot ref I a gees gees-a a c countryside i flight The boche beebe lad had broken through hr again Th The small und t town wn of B Belleau and the chateau its Bois Bols do de e Belleau Reneau game preserve turned battleground appear Trees in full ull leaf heat chok choked d with heavy eavy und underbrush Within the woods a. a a surprising variety of coh- coh tour our from flom the map Knolls rise abruptly Great boulders t thrust rust up from the ground An outcropping out out- cropping of these crowned the height eight In iii the Hie south face face- of the wood grey grey enormous us stones tones l lep- lep p rous ous with mo moss s and spilt rot pt j of fering f- f fering ering ideal natural protection from shell hell tir fire firO and location f for l machine guns uns t c GERMAN IMPRESSION I IA A verbatim translation of or German military experts' experts first impressions or of f Americans In action June 1 11 1918 1 r Gangs of ot men ten to twenty strong trong Brave c conduct Alcohol Some omo of the wounded carried on despite espite their Injuries Our men have thrown grenades Into those clumps lumps of f men Enemy didn't pay any amy at at- at to them Not Nota a bit knowl- knowl edge of tactical principles Shoot while they walk with their rifles under their arms Carry no grenades gren ades des but use knives pistols rifle butts and bayonets Big husky fellows fellows fel- fel lows every everyone one of or them Rowdies Absolutely no military bearing The Tho thick o of ot battle Small desperate rate groups rushed more mor tha than tha half way across the open wheat wheat- between th the woods a and d the Lu Toray LuCy y road Their bodies were salvaged d we weeks ks afterward yard Again The days day's fighting had been of ot the e closest t and most savage de ie- ie The woods were were so thick that all action was local and in in- in The Germans had posted snipers and ancl machine gunners in trees and every path and and- clearing was commanded from m ni masked po po- po The BeI Belleau au wood wood monograph Is the third in ina a series of or five which will comprise a n. complete war history history history his his- tory of the Second division After being pr proofread ad for accuracy b by JOO lOO commanders the entire history will be simmered down to text book size for use in military lC 3 |