Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tono ia mo nga paratroopers, he waahanga o nga ope rererangi rererangi o te US Army, a i tukuna ki te Kamupene 'C' o te 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (504th PIR), he waahanga o te 82nd "All American" Airborne Division, i whakahaua e te Brigadier General James M. Gavin. I te 21 o Hepetema 1944, i te wā
Operation "Market Garden", e tata ana ki te kainga o Oosterhout (Overbetuwe) i te Netherlands i te wa o te mahi, i whakaekea e Towle tetahi ope Tiamana me tana rocket launcher i te ngana ki te whakakore i nga taakahi hoariri e rua me te haurua. I mate ia i te pakanga. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te Medal of Honor i muri i te ono marama i muri mai, i te Poutu-te-rangi 15, 1945, ko ia te mema tuatahi o te 82nd Airborne Division i whakawhiwhia ki te mētara i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao.