Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I wehea a Smith mai i te 5 o nga Marines ka tukuna ki te Whare Wānanga o te Army General Staff i Langres, i puta ia i te Hui-tanguru 1918. Ko ia te tuatahi o nga hoia moana e ono anake i oti i a ia tenei akoranga. I whakaingoatia ia hei Kaihauturu mo te 4th Marine Brigade, he waahanga no te 2nd Infantry Division o te US Army, e mahi ana i tetahi waahanga tino marino ki te tonga ki te rawhiti o Verdun. I te wā o te whawhai i roto, i ngā taha
I Belleau Wood, i takaro ia "he mea nui ahakoa he koretake" te mahi hei pirihimana hononga pirihimana, e tirotiro ana i nga korero a roto i te pirihimana. I whakawhitihia ki te I Corps, Army Tuatahi, i te Hurae 1918, i mahi ia hei kaiawhina mo nga mahi i te wa o Aisne-Marne, Oisne-Aisne Offensive, St. Mihiel me Meuse-Argonne. I te 25 o Whiringa-a-rangi 1918 i whakatairangahia a Smith ki te taumata o te rangatira.