Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A haziri Battalion nke 3, 5th Marines, yana ndị fọdụrụ na 5th Marine Regiment, na June 8, 1917, ka United States na-akwadebe maka Agha Worldwa Mbụ. E nwere ụlọ ọrụ anọ mejupụtara battalion ahụ: "16th", "20th", "45th" na "47th". Mgbe ụbọchị isii gasịrị, ndị agha Spanish-American War na ndị agha Boxer Rebellion na ọnụ ọgụgụ buru ibu nke ndị ọhụrụ, ha banyere ụgbọ mmiri gaa France. Ha sonyere na mkpọsa na agha dịka
Bois de Belleau, Vierzy, Château-Thierry, Pont-a-Mousson, Limey Sector, Fleury, Meuse-Argonne, Blanc Mont, St Michiel, Leffincourt na Soissons. Gọọmentị France kwetara na battalion na-eto eto site n'inye ya Croix de guerre tinyere Fourragère na ịgbanwe aha akara ngosi French, Belleau Wood, na "Bois de la Brigade de Marine" ma ọ bụ "Wood of the Marine Brigade".