Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Dị ka onye isi n'ọnwa Jenụwarị afọ 1918, o si na Filadelfịa banye ụgbọ mmiri USS "Von Steuben" na-aga Brest, France. Ọ hụrụ ihe na ama ama nke 6th Marine Regiment na agha na Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood,
Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel na Meuse-Argonne. N'ịbụ onye e buliri n'ọkwá nke Sgt, o sooro ndị agha na-arụ ọrụ gaa Rhine. Mgbe agha ahụ biri, "Mr. Leatherneck" laghachiri America, e wee nye ya ezumike nká n'ụzọ dị ùgwù.