Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hoki ia ki te United States i Akuhata 1917, e wha marama i muri i te urunga mai o Amerika ki te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, a ka mahi (i tenei wa me te rangatira rangatira) me te 58th Infantry Regiment i Pennsylvania me North Carolina. I te Hōngongoi 1918, i whakawhitihia tana rerenga ki te Hauauru ki te Hauauru ki te mahi hei waahanga o te American Expeditionary Force (AEF), i whakahaua e General John J. Pershing, nana nei i arahi te Pancho Villa Expedition. I te mea he rangatira hiko, i uru ia ki nga mahi a te Champagne-Marne, te
Ko Aisne-Marne Offensive, te Pakanga o Saint-Mihiel me te Meuse-Argonne Offensive. I mutu te pakanga i muri tata mai, i muri i te hainatanga o te Armistice me Germany i te Noema 11, 1918. Mo tana maia i te pakanga i whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Croix de guerre French.