Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Ọ banyere ụgbọ mmiri gaa France na February 4, 1918, dị ka onye so na Kọmitii nke 119 nke Battalion Mbụ nke Mbụ, US Marine Corps, na-abata na Brest na February 26. Ndị otu ya wee banye ọzụzụ na Châtillon-sur-Cher, ebe Overton gara ụlọ akwụkwọ ọzụzụ ndị ọrụ na Gondremont, France, na nso Bezange-la-Grande. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ n'isi klas ya na May 31, 1918, ma zigara ya na June 1 maka nyocha na Forty Second Regiment nke French Chasseurs guzobere na Ugwu Vosges. A malitere ya dịka onye otu nsọpụrụ nke French Chasseurs ma nọrọ na ndị agha site na June 1 <unk> 13. Mgbe ndị Marines gbara aka na Chateau-Thierry na mbido June, ọ rịọrọ ka e si na ụlọ ọrụ ya nke ka na-azụ ọzụzụ gaa n'ihu, na June 16 ọ bịarutere n'ogige ndị agha mmiri n'etiti Agha nke Belleau Wood, nke malitere na June 1 ma ga-aga n'ihu ruo June 26. N'ebe ahụ, e kenyere Overton onye ọrụ nke abụọ na 18th Company, 6th Regiment, U.S. Marines, akụkụ nke 4th Brigade na 2nd Division. O jere ozi na Belleau Wood ruo July 9. N'ụbọchị nke abụọ n'ọnwa Julaị, e buliri ya n'ọkwa onye isi ndị agha, mana ọ gaghị amụta nke ahụ ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ. Site na Julaị 9 <unk> 16 ọ nọ na Nanteuil-sur-Marne. N'ụbọchị iri na isii nke ọnwa Julaị, a kpọgara ndị agha ya na ndị agha nke ise n'ọgbọ agha France dị nso na Soissons ka ha sonye n'agha nke abụọ nke Marne.
Ọ dị mma. Ngalaba ahụ bụ mgbe ahụ akụkụ nke Marshal Ferdinand Foch's Allied offensive na Soissons salient malitere July 18, 1918, nke ya n'okpuru French General Charles Mangin.