this day in the year 1918, church bells rang, families embraced in celebrations as you know kilde fillfilled the strees throughout europe and the united states. but victory had come at a terrible cost. among the allied forces, more than 1 million french soldiers and 116,000 american service members had been killed by the war's end. millions more were wounded, countless would come home bearing the lasting scars of trench warfare and the grizzly horrors of chemical weapons. during the final battle of the war, over 26,000 americans lost their lives. and more than 95,000 were wounded. it was the single deadliest battle in united states history. think of that. 26,000 americans lost their lives in a battle. here on the revered grounds of american cemetery lie more than 1,500 u.s. service members who made the ultimate sacrifice in the first world war. among those buried here are legendary marines who fought in the battle of bellawood. in that stretch chin that forese world, allied forces fought and they fought through hell, to turn the tide of the war. that's what they did, they turned the tide of