Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te marama o Hanuere 1918, i rere atu ia i Philadelphia i runga i te USS "Von Steuben" e haere ana ki Brest, France. I kite ia i te mahi ki te 6th Marine Regiment rongonui i nga pakanga i Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood, te
Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel me te Meuse-Argonne. I whakatairangahia ia ki te taumata o te Kaitiaki, ka haere ia ki te Rhine me te Ope Taua o te Whakahaere. I te mutunga o te pakanga, ka hoki a "Mr. Leatherneck" ki Amerika, a ka whakawhiwhia ki te honore honore.