Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Key biri n'obodo Wewoka ma guzobe Key Hardware Co. na Wewoka Gas Co. ma sonye na Oklahoma National Guard. A họpụtara ya ọzọ ma bulie ya n'ọkwa onye isi ndị agha na July 12, 1912, na onye isi ndị agha n'oge okpomọkụ nke 1916. Mgbe ahụ, Key weghaara iwu nke ụlọ ọrụ G, 1st Oklahoma Infantry Regiment nọ na Wewoka ma jee ozi na Mexico Border n'oge agha ahụ.
Pancho Villa Expedition, mgbe akpọrọ ndị otu ya maka ọrụ gọọmentị etiti na Machị 1917 na Fort Sill, Oklahoma.