Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakauruhia a Feland ki te 5th Marine Regiment mō te mahi i Wīwī i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, ā, ko ia tētahi o ngā rōpū tuatahi o ngā ope o Amerika i haere ki tawahi ki a General Pershing i te marama o Mei 1917. I tana taenga mai ki Parani, i whakawhiwhia a Feland hei rangatira whakahaere mo te 5th Marines. I te wa i maka ai te waahanga, hei waahanga o te 4th Marine Brigade, ki te pakaru ki te aukati i te haerenga o Tiamana ki Château-Thierry i te marama o Mei 1918, ko Feland, pera tonu, i roto i te matotoru o te whawhai. I te ngahere o Belleau
I te Pipiri o te tau 1918, i te wā i hurihia ai te tūnga o te anga whakamua o Tiamana ki te rerenga whakamuri, ka whakawhiwhia a Feland ki te mana o ngā hōia katoa i te Rākau. Mo tana maia nui i tenei wa, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Tohu Tohu Tohu Tohu. Whai muri i tana whakatairanga ki te koronel, ka noho a Feland hei rangatira rangatira mo te 5th Regiment a na reira i arahi i nga pakanga o Soissons, Blanc Mont Ridge me Argonne. Mo ana mahi whakahirahira i te Pakanga, i whakawhiwhia a Feland, hei taapiri ki te Tohu Ratonga Tohu i whakahuatia i runga ake nei, nga Tohu Ratonga Tohu o te ope taua me te Navy, te taumata o te Ope i roto i te Legion of Honor, te Croix de Guerre me te whetu parahi, whetu koura, me nga nikau e wha, a e ono nga wa i whakahuahia i roto i nga karere.