 Akadzokera kuUnited States muna August 1917, mwedzi mina pashure pokupinda kweAmerica muHondo Yenyika I, uye akabatira zvino ane chinzvimbo chakaputeni ne58th Infantry Regiment muPennsylvania neNorth Carolina. Muna Chikunguru 1918, regiment yake yakaendeswa kuWestern Front kunoshanda sechikamu cheAmerican Expeditionary Force AEF, yakarairwa naGeneral John J. Pershing, uyo akatungamira Pancho Villa Expedition. Somukuru mukuru wechiuto, akapinda muChampagne-Marne defensive operations, Aisne-Marne Offensive, Hondo yeSaint-Mihiel uye Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Hondo yakaguma nokukurumidza pashure pacho, pashure peChibvumirano cheKupedza Hondo neGermanyrakasainwa musi waNovember 11, 1918. Nokuda kwoushingi hwake muhondo akapiwa Croix de guerre yeFrance. 