<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: ULarsen wajoyina i-United States Marine Corps eneminyaka engu-23; wathola amamaki aphezulu ekilasini labangu-75 e-Officer Candidates School. Wayala i-3rd Battalion 5th Marines phakathi neMpi Yezwe I. Ngokushesha ngemuva kokukhushulwa enkundleni waba ngumphathi omkhulu, wahola umsebenzi wokuxhumana ngoJuni 25, 1918, ngesikhathi se  <response>: Impi yaseBelleau Wood, athola ngayo i-Citation Star. Ngo-Okthoba 4, 1918, izinhlangothi ze-battalion zavezwa ngesikhathi zisebenza eceleni kwe-Fourth French Army ngaseReims. AmaJalimane ahlasela kaningi, kodwa naphezu kwalokhu ibutho lakwazi ukugcina yonke indawo ababeyithathile. Ngenxa yomsebenzi kaLarsen wokuphatha amabutho ngesikhathi sokuvikela izinsuku ezimbili wanikezwa umqhele weNavy Cross kanye neCitation Star yesibili. Wathola i-Citation Star yesithathu phakathi nempi; zonke ezintathu kamuva zaguqulwa zaba yi-Silver Stars, okwamenza wathola imiklomelo emithathu ye-Silver Star. Wabamba iqhaza kuzo zonke izenzo ezinkulu ezenziwa yi-Marine Corps phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yokuqala, futhi waba yilungu kuphela le- 3rd Battalion elisebenza phakathi nempi ngaphandle kokulimala. Ngo-1919, iFrance yamnika umklomelo weCroix de guerre nesundu kanye neLegion of Honour ngezenzo zakhe phakathi nempi. 