World War I battle of Belleau Wood was turning point for US
(Las Vegas Sun Breaking News)

It was the spring of 1918, and the German army was making a final push toward Paris. The only thing in their way was a contingent of Allied troops, including untested U.S. forces near the Marne River in northern France. Among them: U.S. Army 1st Lt. Gordon Kaemmerling, a precocious and ...