Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, i arahi a Major Donovan i te 1st battalion, 165th Infantry o te 42d Division. I a ia e mahi ana i Wīwī, i whara ia i te kōpae i tētahi waewae, ā, tata tonu tana matapo i te hau. Whai muri i tana whakaoranga i raro i te pupuhi, i whakawhiwhia ia ki te Croix de Guerre, engari i paopao ia na te mea kaore ano kia whakawhiwhia ki tetahi hoia Hurai i uru ki te whakaoranga. I te whakatikatika o tēnei whakahawea, ka whakaae a Donovan ki te whakawātea. I whakawhiwhia hoki ki a ia te Tohu Whakawhanaunga Motuhake mō tana ārahi i tētahi whakaekenga i te wā o te
Ko te pakanga o Aisne-Marne, i mate ai nga rau o nga mema o tana rerenga, tae atu ki tana kaitohutohu mahi, te kaitito Joyce Kilmer. Ko te kiriata a James Cagney o te tau 1940, "The Fighting 69th", i whakaari i nga huihuinga o tenei pakanga me te mahi a te 69th Infantry Regiment i roto.