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:

    “Instead of calling on some scholar, I paid many a visit to particular trees, of kinds which are rare in this neighborhood, standing far away in the middle of some pasture, or in the depths of a wood or swamp, or on a hilltop.... These were the shrines I visited both summer and winter.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)