Belleau Wood

Belleau Wood may refer to:

  • The Battle of Belleau Wood, near Château-Thierry, France, the scene of heavy fighting by U.S. Marines in World War I
  • USS Belleau Wood, two United States Navy ships that have been named after the Battle:
    • USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24), a light aircraft carrier (1942–1953), later in the French Navy as the Bois Belleau (1953–1960)
    • USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3), an amphibious assault ship (1978–2006)

Famous quotes containing the word wood:

    “He will not idly dance at his work who has wood to cut and cord before nightfall in the short days of winter; but every stroke will be husbanded, and ring soberly through the wood; and so will the strokes of that scholar’s pen, which at evening record the story of the day, ring soberly, yet cheerily, on the ear of the reader, long after the echoes of his axe have died away.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)