Victorious Marines parade in France following the end of World War I. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month marks the 90th Anniversary of the cessation of hostilities along the Western Front.
The Victory Parade took place on 14 July 1919, Avenue des Champs-Elysées. The building in the background is the Musée Guimet.
(Source: usmc.mil)
February 02, 2013, 4:00pm / 37
5th Marines moving out to France.
August 23, 2012, 3:49pm / 43
I have only two men out of my company and twenty out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to try to get it here as we are swept by machine gun fire and a constant barrage is on us. I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I will hold.
— US Marine (and legend) Clifton B. Cates, Battle of Belleau Wood July 1918
August 10, 2012, 10:11pm / 23
Who said I was dead? Send me the mortars and a thousand hand grenades.
— Marine Major George W. Hamilton, Battle of Belleau Wood (1–26 June 1918)
July 22, 2012, 12:56am / 60
Marines (Fifth) getting ready to disembark at a French port, June 1917.
March 13, 2012, 5:00pm / 11
