The 4th Marine Brigade at Belleau Wood and Soissons illuminates America's bloody sacrifice during World War I, following a single brigade of Marines to measure the impact of the US entry into the war and contribution to ultimate victory.
J. Michael Miller is the former lead historian of the Marine Corps History Division at Marine Corps University, Quantico, Virginia. From 2005 to 2013 he was director of the Marine Corps Archives. His books include From Shanghai to Corregidor: Marines in the Defense of the Philippines.