Belleau
Belleauwood
This wood is, one of the most iconic places to visit. In the heart of the now calm and soothing nature, the traces of the old trenches and manholes remind us of the terrible history that happened there. A path composed of explanatory plaques that trace the history of the fighting. The various period cannons at the entrance of the wood plunge us directly into history.
Did you know that the trees are sacred?
The oldest and most bruised are thus called “veterans”, as if, like the soldiers, they too had fought. Moreover, when one of them dies, it is buried, its wood too loaded with iron, having become unrecoverable.
Original caption: Washington, DC: Meet up with Stubby, a 9-year-old veteran of the canine species. He has been through the World War as a mascot for the 102nd Infantry, 26th Division. Stubby visited the White House to call on President Coolidge. November 1924Did you know Stubby?
He was a dog found by an American soldier, J. Robert Conroy in 1917. He became the mascot of the 102nd Infantry Regiment of the 26th Division. When the division was sent to fight in France, he went on the sly with his master.
Rapidly, he performed some exercises and raised the morale of
troops. He even saves the lives of many soldiers by detecting the
presence of gas and immobilizing a German soldier, which will earn him the 1st dog named sergeant, of the First World War.
The story goes that a lady from Château-Thierry made the coat on which all his medals appear.
See the cartoon:
Stubby the dog named sergeant!
