Significance of The Name
The ship was named in memory of the World War I Battle of Belleau Wood, in which United States soldiers and Marines of the American Expeditionary Forces, defeated the German troops after nearly four weeks of intense fighting. It is said that the Germans referred to them as Teufelshunde — Devil Dogs – and it was this moniker that became the ship's mascot, and one of the nicknames for US Marines (Devil Dog).
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