Belleau Wood

American  

[bel-oh, be-loh] / ˈbɛl oʊ, bɛˈloʊ /

noun

1. a forest in N France, NW of Château-Thierry: a memorial to the U.S. Marines who won a battle there 1918.

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Belleau Wood British  

/ bɛlo, ˈbɛləʊ /

noun

1. a forest in N France: site of a battle (1918) in which the US Marines halted a German advance on Paris

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Example Sentences

And then there was his reference to the war dead from World War II as “losers” and his refusal to attend a ceremony honoring French and American graves at the cemetery at Belleau Wood.

From Salon

Only one candidate has called our war dead — specifically, the Marines who fell at Belleau Wood in France during World War I — “suckers” and “losers.”

From Los Angeles Times

He called the 1,800 marines killed during the bloody Battle of Belleau Wood in World War I “suckers” for dying in action.

From Salon

I mean, he got away with calling dead soldiers "losers" and those who died In World War II at Belleau Wood “suckers.”

From Salon

During the same trip, the former president referred to the more than 1,800 Marines who died at Belleau Wood as “suckers” for getting killed, according to staffers.

From Washington Times