Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Na mbido agha na Spain, e buliri ya n'ọkwa brigadier general nke ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo na Mee 1898. Na Cuba n'oge agha ahụ, o duziri otu n'ime ndị agha ịnyịnya abụọ nke so na Ngalaba Ndị Agha Ịnyịnya n'okpuru Major General Joseph Wheeler. Brigade nke Young gụnyere Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders, 1st US Volunteer Cavalry Regiment. N'ọnwa Julaị afọ 1898, mgbe ndị Amerịka merichara n'agha a lụrụ na San Juan Hill
N'afọ 1917, Young weghaara iwu nke Wheeler's Cavalry Division ma mee ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo mgbe ọ na-achị otu ngalaba ahụ na Cuba mgbe Santiago Campaign nke Spanish-American War. N'otu afọ ahụ, Young ghọrọ onye otu ndị agha nke Missouri Commandery nke Military Order of Foreign Wars.