Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: 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 agha ahụ.
na-alụ agha n'ebe ahụ na June 1918. 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.