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field hospital at Marigny Chateau, near Belleau Wood
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bj omanson
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Feb 22, 2010 13:27 PST
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Am seeking any wartime photographs of the chateau in Marigny-en-Orxois
during the war. It was used as a field hospital during the German drive of
May-June 1918. Elements of the 6th Machine Gun Battalion, 4th Marines, 2nd
Division were also encamped there for a couple of nights in early June, as
well as unknown French units.
The chateau is still in existence, and I have current photos, but seek
photos from the war, as well as any information. If a photo can be found,
it will be included in a memoir (to be published by McFarland) of a Marine
who was there, and who devoted a whole section of his memoir to a
description of it.
Would like to know who long the chateau was used as a field hospital, and
which units, American & French, were billeted there. Also whether it was
ever under German occupation.
Thanks,
bj omanson
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BJ Omanson
GREAT WAR WEBSITES:
Poetry of WWI, Jeanne d'Arc, USMC in WWI, 6th MGB, WWI Books, Yanks in
French Foreign Legion
www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com/greatwarwebsites.html
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