 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - 324th Infantry yakaumbwa muNational Army musi wa5 Nyamavhuvhu 1917, uye yakapiwa ku162d Infantry Brigade, 81st Division. 324th Infantry Regiment yakarongedzwa musi wa29 Nyamavhuvhu 1917 paCamp Jackson, South Carolina, yakaumbwa kunyanya nevarume veSelective Service kubva kuNorth Carolina, South Carolina, neTennessee. Mushure mekupedzisa kudzidziswa kuCamp Jackson, 81st Division kusanganisira 324th Infantry yakaenda kuCamp Sevier, South Carolina kunotora vamwe varume vebasa vanosarudza uye kupedzisa kugadzirira kwekupedzisira kwekutumirwa. Chikamu chechi81 chakabva kuUnited States muna Chikunguru-Nyamavhuvhu 1918, uye mushure mekumira kwenguva pfupi mumisasa yekuzorora muEngland, chikamu chakabatanidzwa pa16 Tonnerre Nzvimbo yekudzidzira muFrance. Chikamu chechi81, chisina chikamu che156th Artillery Brigade, chakaramba chiri paTonnerre kusvika musi wa14 Gunyana 1918, apo chikamu chakatamira kunzvimbo yeSt Dié ye training-training, chikamu chebasa munzvimbo yakanyarara yakagadzirirwa kupa masoja matsva kusangana nekurwa pasina njodzi isina kukodzera. Chikamu chechi81, uye Chikamu chechiFrench chechi20 chakasunungura Chikamu cheAmerica chechi92 muSt Dié sector musi wa20 Gunyana, uko Chikamu chechi81 chakaramba chiripo kusvikira chabviswa nePolish 1st Division musi wa19 Gumiguru. Pashure pacho, Chikamu chechi81 chakaenda kuRambervillers, France kunotanga kugadzirira hondo yeMeuse-ArgonneZvinogumbura. 