Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Sechikamu cheVermont National Guard, Corps yeChikoro cheCadets yakaunganidzwa sechikwata chevatasvi vemabhiza muFirst Vermont Regiment kubatsira muGeneral John J. Pershing's
Rwendo rweMexico. Izvi zvakakanganisa zvikuru gore rekudzidza uye muna 1916 Dhipatimendi reHondo rakagadza Norwich senzvimbo yekutanga yevakuru ROTC yekutasva; zvakare muna 1916, wekutanga muAfrica-America kuenda kuyunivhesiti, Harold "Doc" Martin (NU 1920), akapinda. Makirasi akapedza kudzidza nokukurumidza nokuda kweHondo Yenyika Yokutanga neYechipiri uye vakuru vakuru vakawanda veNorwich vakaona basa mumitambo yose yehondo mbiri. Dzidzo yebasa inopiwa paNorwich yakashandukawo ndokuchinjwa pamwe chete nokufambira mberi kworuzivo rwokugadzira zvinhu. Kurovedza ndege dzechiuto kwakatanga muna 1939 uye kubva muna 1946 kusvika muna 1947, vatasvi vemabhiza vakabviswa zvachose vachida vatasvi vemabhiza.