Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - A haziri Battalion nke 3, 5th Marines, tinyere ndị fọdụrụ na 5th Marine Regiment, na June 8, 1917, ka United States na-akwadebe maka Agha Worldwa Mbụ. E mejupụtara battalion ahụ na ụlọ ọrụ anọ: "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, mpaghara Limey, 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".