 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo Yenyika I, Drum akanga ari mukuru wevashandi veFirst United States Army, uye akatungamirira kuronga kwekutora chikamu kweFirst Army muSaint Mihieluye kurwisa kweMeuse-Argonne. Akakwidziridzwa kuva brigadier general wenguva pfupi uye akagamuchira Army Distinguished Service Medal. Pashure pehondo, Drum akatungamirira 1st Infantry Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Fifth Corps Area, uye Hawaiian Department. Mushure mokunge ashanda seMutevedzeri weMukuru weVashandi uye Inspector General, Drum aive mukwikwidzi weMukuru weVashandi mu1939 asi chinzvimbo chakaenda kuna George Marshall. Drum akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant general muna August 1939, uye akatungamirira Eastern Defense Command mumakore okutanga eHondo Yenyika II. Akasvitsa zera rokumanikidzirwa kuenda pamudyandigere remakore 64 muna 1943, pashure pacho akava mutungamiri weNew York Guard 19431948, uye purezidhendi weEmpire State, Inc., kambani yakatarisira Empire State Building 19441951. 