Ku dhammee weedha soo socota: Shepherd wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay qeybaha difaaca ee u dhow Verdun. Markii Ciidanka Mareykanka ee loo yaqaan 'American Expeditionary Forces' (AEF) ay ku lug lahaayeen dagaalka guga 1918 si loo joojiyo horumarka Jarmalka ee ku wajahan Paris, wuxuu kaqeyb qaatay weerarkii Aisne-Marne (Château-Thierry) halkaas oo laba jeer lagu dhaawacay ficilkii Belleau Wood intii lagu jiray dagaalkii.
waxaa halkaas ka dhacay dagaalkii Juun 1918. Bishii Luulyo 28, 1918, Major General John A. Lejeune (Xarunta Saldhigga Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, oo loo magacaabay 1942) ayaa la wareegay amarka Qaybta 2aad. Wuxuu ku soo laabtay safka hore bishii Agoosto, isagoo ku soo biiray ciidanka 5-aad ee ciidamada badda, wuxuuna ku arkay ficilkii weerarradii St. Mihiel iyo Meuse-Argonne (Champagne) halkaas oo uu ku dhaawacmay markii saddexaad, isagoo qoorta ka toogtay qoriga mashiinka.