4th Marine Brigade

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United States Marine Corps brigade military unit

The 4th Marine Brigade was a U.S. Marine Corps infantry formation in World War I, renowned for its pivotal and hard-fought role in halting the German advance during the Battle of Belleau Wood.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
4th Marine Brigade canonical	2
Marine Brigade of the 2nd Division	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Marine Corps brigade ⓘ military unit ⓘ
allegiance	American Expeditionary Forces ⓘ
associatedDecoration	Croix de Guerre ⓘ surface form: French Croix de Guerre (unit citations)
associatedWith	United States Army 3rd Infantry Brigade (within 2nd Division) ⓘ
branch	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
casualties	sustained heavy casualties at Belleau Wood ⓘ
commandStructure	American Expeditionary Forces ⓘ surface form: American Expeditionary Forces, France
composition	5th Marine Regiment ⓘ 6th Machine Gun Battalion (USMC) ⓘ 6th Marines ⓘ surface form: 6th Marine Regiment
conflict	Battle of Belleau Wood ⓘ Battle of Saint-Mihiel ⓘ Battle of Soissons (1918) ⓘ Meuse–Argonne Offensive ⓘ surface form: Meuse-Argonne Offensive World War I ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
decoratedFor	distinguished service in World War I ⓘ gallantry in action at Belleau Wood ⓘ
engagementType	open-field assaults ⓘ trench warfare ⓘ
honor	cited in orders of the French Army ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
legacy	foundation of modern USMC combat reputation ⓘ
militaryBranchRole	Marine infantry brigade ⓘ
nickname	4th Marine Brigade self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Marine Brigade of the 2nd Division
notableFor	halting German advance at Belleau Wood ⓘ heavy combat against German forces in 1918 ⓘ
opponent	German Empire ⓘ
partOf	United States 2nd Infantry Division ⓘ surface form: 2nd Division (United States Army)
role	defensive combat operations ⓘ frontline assault unit ⓘ
serviceBranchType	infantry ⓘ
theater	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front (World War I)
timePeriod	1917–1919 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Belleau Wood → unitInvolved → 4th Marine Brigade ⓘ

Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge → involvedUnit → 4th Marine Brigade ⓘ

4th Marine Brigade → nickname → 4th Marine Brigade self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marine Brigade of the 2nd Division