Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko te 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, me te toenga o te 5th Marine Regiment, i whakaritea tuatahi i te 8 o Hune 1917, i te wā i whakarite ai te Hononga o Amerika mo te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao. E whā ngā kamupene o te rārangi: ko 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 whai wāhi rātau ki ngā pakanga me ngā pakanga pēnei i te Bois de Belleau
Ko Vierzy, Château-Thierry, Pont-a-Mousson, Limey Sector, Fleury, Meuse-Argonne, Blanc Mont, St Michiel, 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".