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On 26 June, the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, under command of Major Maurice E. Shearer, supported by two companies of the 4th Machine Gun Battalion and the 15th Company of the 6th Machine Gun Battalion, made an attack on Belleau Wood, which finally cleared that forest of the enemy.

On that day, Major Shearer submitted a report simply stating, " Woods now U. S. Marine Corps entirely ," ending one of the bloodiest and most ferocious battles U. S. forces would fight in the war.