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The REMAINS OF THE CORPS

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  • Dialect
  • Correspondence
  • Glossaries
  • Commonplace Book
  • The Fictional Artist
  • Names & Nicknames
  • Original Art
  • PERSONAL JOURNAL EXCERPTS
  • Fictional Acclaim
  • Early Amazon Reviews
  • Character Favorite Books
  • Rosters
  • Battle Plan
  • Why Me?
  • OAE On Set Photographs
  • OAE Unpublished Video Bk.
  • OAE Unpublished Poster
  • OAE Character Maps
  • Literary Role Models
  • Anagram
  • Self-Publishing
  • Editing

TIMELINE (1913 – 1977)

  The primary purpose of my timeline is to outline the definitive track of American and Marine history (over a 60-year period) along which the story is constructed.

VOLUME I: IVY & THE CROSSING

1913 - 1917

  • Kenneth Remain and Lawrence Blakeslee attend Harvard 
  • College in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  KatyKay Mulcahy attends nearby Radcliffe College (includes flashbacks)

1917

EARLY SPRING  

  • Kenneth and Lawrence enlist as officers in the United States Marine Corps; they graduate early and depart Harvard Yard.  

MAY - OCTOBER  

  • Kenneth and Lawrence train at the Marine Corps Rifle Range in Winthrop, Maryland, and at the Overseas Base in Quantico, Virginia. (told through flashback)

31 OCTOBER  

  • Kenneth and Lawrence, members of the 3rd Battalion of the 6th Marine Regiment, set sail for France aboard the Von Steuben. 

11 NOVEMBER  

  • The Von Steuben docks at the port of Brest, France. 

VOLUME II: BELLEAU WOOD & BEYOND

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1917

MID-NOVEMBER - MID-JANUARY  

  • The 3rd  of the 6th is scattered throughout France in various supporting roles.  Kenneth is assigned to the provost marshal's office and serves as a member of the military police patrolling the streets of Bordeaux. 

JANUARY - MARCH  

  • The 3rd of the 6th trains at Bourmont, France. 

MARCH - MAY  

  • The 3rd of the 6th, as part of the Marine Fourth Brigade which is part of the 2nd Army Division, is in the trenches in the Toulon Sector approximately ten miles south of Verdun.

30 MAY  

  • The 2nd Division celebrates Decoration Day.

31 MAY 

  • The 2nd Division is rushed to the front lines to help stop a German offensive that threatens Paris.

1 JUNE - 27 JUNE  

  • The Fourth Marine Brigade fights at Battle of Belleau Wood and in the vicinity. 

  

SPOILER POINT: Beyond this point, the Timeline becomes a spoiler. Events and actions will be revealed when Volume II is published.              

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