Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Yayin da Sojojin suka fadada yayin tattarawar lokacin yaƙi, an nada Cronkhite ya zama kwamandan Rukunin na 80, ƙungiyar da aka kirkira tare da waɗanda aka ɗauke su daga Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, da New Jersey. Ya shirya da kuma horar da sashen a Camp Lee, Virginia, kuma ya jagoranci shi zuwa Faransa a matsayin wani ɓangare na Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Amurka. Ya kasance a cikin umurnin a lokacin da ake gudanar da ayyukan yaki na 1918, ciki har da
Yaƙin farko na Somme, Yaƙin Saint-Mihiel da Meuse-Argonne Offensive.