Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I mahi a Shepherd i ngā rāngai paruru i te taha o Verdun. I te wa i whakaekea ai te American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) ki te whawhai i te puna o te tau 1918 ki te aukati i te anga whakamua a Tiamana ki Paris, i uru ia ki te whakaeke o Aisne-Marne (Château-Thierry) i whara ai ia e rua i te mahi i Belleau Wood i te pakanga i reira i te Pipiri 1918.
He aha? I te Hōngongoi 28, 1918, ka riro i a Marine Corps Major General John A. Lejeune (Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, i whakaingoatia i te 1942) te mana o te 2nd Division. I hoki ia ki mua i Akuhata, ka uru ano ki te 5th Marines, ka kite i nga mahi i roto i nga whakaeke o St. Mihiel me Meuse-Argonne (Champagne) i whara ai ia mo te wa tuatoru, i werohia i te kaki e te pu miihini.