Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau a Leonard E. Rea i te 14 o Poutu-te-rangi 1897, i Auburn i New York, ā, i muri i tana tohu i te kura tuarua, i whakatau ia ki te whakauru ki te United States Marine Corps i te 19 o Paenga-whāwhā 1917. Whai muri i te whakangungu taketake, i tukuna a Rea ki te 17th Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, i tohaina ki te Philadelphia Navy Yard. I wehe atu ia ki Parani tata tonu i muri i te whakahohenga o te ope, ka tae ki Saint-Nazaire i te Hurae 1917. I whakatairangahia a Rea ki te taumata o te corporal me te whakawhiwhia ki te Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal mo tana ratonga whakauru. I tonoa ia ki nga taiepa o te Rohe Toulon e tata ana ki Verdun i te Poutu-te-rangi 1918 ana i muri mai ka uru ki te
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