Dee ihe ndị ọzọ dị na paragraf a - Shepherd jere ozi n'ebe ndị e wusiri ike dị nso na Verdun. Mgbe ndị American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) gbara mbọ ịlụ ọgụ n'oge opupu ihe ubi nke 1918 iji kwụsị ọganihu ndị German na Paris, ọ sonyere na mwakpo Aisne-Marne (Château-Thierry) ebe ọ merụrụ ahụ ugboro abụọ na Belleau Wood n'oge ọgụ ebe ahụ na June 1918
Ọ dị mma. Na July 28, 1918, Marine Corps Major General John A. Lejeune (Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, aha ya bụ 1942) weghaara iwu nke 2nd Division. Ọ laghachiri n'ihu n'August, sonye na 5th Marines, wee hụ ihe na St. Mihiel na Meuse-Argonne na-awakpo (Champagne) ebe ọ merụrụ ahụ nke ugboro atọ, nke a gbagburu n'olu site na egbe igwe.