Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Joyce Kilmer, he kaitiaki, he kaitiaki pukapuka hoki i taua wa, i tuhi i te poem 1918 "Rouge Bouquet" (e kiia ana hoki ko "The Wood Called Rouge Bouquet") hei whakamoemiti ki nga hoia i mate i tana rerenga. I pānuihia tuatahihia te waiata e Chaplain Francis Duffy i "te ratonga tangihanga i tu ki te whare kua pakaru, te urupa o nga tangata tuatahi o te ope i mate i te pakanga" i etahi ra i muri mai. I puta tuatahitia i roto i te niupepa o te hoia o Amerika, "Stars and Stripes", i whakaputaina e rua wiki i muri i te matenga o Kilmer i te pakanga i te
Te Pakanga Tuarua o te Marne i te 30 o Hōngongoi 1918.