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Mr. Ray Shearer, a Marine veteran and director and chairman of American Oversees Memorial Day Association, points on a map while explaining the beginning of the Battle of Belleau Wood to more than 70 Marines on a professional military education trip in the country-side of Belleau, France, May 26, 2016. Shearer also explained the Marines who took part in the battle arrived without adequate food, water, equipment or maps of the terrain and area.

160526-M-RX595-015.JPG Photo By: Sgt. Melissa Karnath

Jun 1, 2016

BELLEAU, France - Mr. Ray Shearer, a Marine veteran and director and chairman of American Oversees Memorial Day Association, points on a map while explaining the beginning of the Battle of Belleau Wood to more than 70 Marines on a professional military education trip in the country-side of Belleau, France, May 26, 2016. Shearer also explained the Marines who took part in the battle arrived without adequate food, water, equipment or maps of the terrain and area.

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