Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - N'oge Spanish-American War na 1898, Smedberg jere ozi dị ka onye enyemaka nke Brigadier General Samuel Baldwin Marks Young, onye nyere iwu otu n'ime ndị agha abụọ nke mejupụtara ngalaba ndị agha nke Joseph Wheeler nyere iwu. O sonyere na agha Las Guasimas na agha nke San Juan Hill
, na Leonard Wood, onye isi nke 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment ("Rough Riders"), nke bụ akụkụ nke iwu nke Young. Smedberg natara Citation Star iji kwanyere dike ya n'oge agha. Mgbe e guzobere Silver Star na 1932, a gbanwere ihe ịchọ mma Smedberg ka ọ bụrụ ihe nrite ọhụrụ.