Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, me te toenga o te 5th Marine Regiment, i whakaritea tuatahi i te Pipiri 8, 1917, i te wa e whakareri ana te United States mo te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao. E wha nga kamupene o te patataihana: te "16th", "20th", "45th" me te "47th". E ono nga ra i muri mai, i whakahaeretia e nga hoia tawhito o te Pakanga Paniora-Amerika me te Boxer Rebellion me te maha o nga kaimahi hou, ka rere atu ratou ki Parani. I uru rātou ki ngā pakanga me ngā pakanga pēnei i
Ko Bois de Belleau, ko Vierzy, ko Château-Thierry, ko Pont-a-Mousson, ko Limey Sector, ko Fleury, ko Meuse-Argonne, ko Blanc Mont, ko St Michiel, ko Leffincourt me Soissons. I mohio te Kawanatanga o Parani ki te roopu taiohi ma te whakawhiwhi i te Croix de guerre me te Fourragère me te huri i te ingoa o te tohu French, Belleau Wood, ki te "Bois de la Brigade de Marine" ranei "Wood of the Marine Brigade".