AMERICAN BATTLEFIELDS IN FRANCE

CHATEAU-THIERRY AND BELLEAU WOOD AREA

 

Did some member of your family, perhaps your father, grandfather or uncles? served with the A.E.F. and in the Marne valley in 1918? Chateau-Thierry and Belleau Wood area ( Aisne-Marne defensive and offensive June 1918 / July 1918 ). If so I can provide details about his service in this area. Please write for details.

You are perhaps interested in his participation in these great battles in this part of France, I can provide many details about many individuals, therefore I may also be able to help you.

I can provide a file inluding some or all of the following : documents, photos, maps relative to his units participation in these areas; with each file giving a personal touch to the information.

In addition to the above I can also help to organize your visit to any of these places. The help can include arrangements with local bed and breakfast accommodations, small inns or hotels, and additionally planning for a self-catering accommodation if so desired. Although my language skill is modest I can also provide guidance over any part of any battlefield or area that you select. Or I can advise you where you should visit in order to best appreciate the scenes viewed by your relative.

 

Battlefield Historian...

My name is Gilles LAGIN. I was born in Chateau-Thierry and I live in the little village of Marigny near the famous Belleau Wood. Owing to my great passion in the battlefields around Belleau Wood for more than twenty years, I am considered to be an expert on the American participation in this area. I know the locations of all the old trenches, dugouts, all places and their history concerning Belleau Wood, Chateau-Thierry, the Marne salient and its area ( many of these places are untouched since 1918 ).

I'm intending to create a memorial museum to these battles and to the American Expeditionary Forces in 1918.

 For further informations contact :

E-mail : Gilles.Lagin@wanadoo.fr

Mail : Gilles LAGIN / 24 place de la Halle / 02810 MARIGNY-EN-ORXOIS / FRANCE

Fax : 33.3.23.70.46.54

  

Are you interested in the service that I can provide ?

If so, write me and provide the basic information I will need to pursue the search successfully.

The last and First Name of the Soldier

Service Number if available (optional)

His division

His regiment

His company (optional)

Additional information which would be very helpful : Was he a casualty; killed in action, died of wounds, missing etc...The more information you can provide the more information I will be able to provide you with.