Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1960, Onyeisi ala Dwight D. Eisenhower họpụtara Timberlake ka ọ bụrụ onye nnọchianya mbụ nke United States na Democratic Republic of Congo nke nweere onwe ya ọhụrụ, nke bụbu ógbè Belgium. N'oge
Nsogbu Congo, Hayes bụ onye na-akwado Mobutu Sese Seko, ma kwado ịkwatu Patrice Lumumba. Na Machị 1961, Hayes n'onwe ya nyere iwu ka ụgbọ mmiri ise nke United States Navy banye na mmiri dị na Congo, ihe omume nke jidere ọchịchị Kennedy na mberede.