<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: USmith wadedelwa e- 5th Marines futhi wathunyelwa e-Army General Staff College eLangres, lapho aphothula khona ngo- February 1918. Wayengowokuqala kwabayisithupha abaqede lesi sifundo. Wabe eseqokwa njengo-Adjutant we-4th Marine Brigade, eyayiyingxenye ye-US Armys 2nd Infantry Division, esebenza endaweni ethule eningizimu-mpumalanga yeVerdun. Phakathi nokulwa ngaphakathi naseduze  <response>: UBelleau Wood, wadlala indima ebalulekile kodwa engabonakali njengesikhulu sokuxhumana sebrigade, eqondisa ukuxhumana kwangaphakathi ngaphakathi kwebrigade. Wadluliselwa e-I Corps, First Army, ngoJulayi 1918, wasebenza njengomsizi wesikhulu sokusebenza ophethe ukuxhumana ngesikhathi se-Aisne-Marne, i-Oisne-Aisne Offensive, iSt. Mihiel kanye ne-Meuse-Argonne. Ngo-25 Novemba 1918 uSmith wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sesikhashana sokuba ngu-major. 