Tusi se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - O le 34th Infantry Regiment i le taimi nei na faatulagaina i El Paso, Texas i le aso 15 Iulai 1916, i le fa masina i le Punitive Expedition i Mexico
na taʻitaʻia e le Major General John J. Pershing. O le vaega muamua o le 34th na faia mai le 7th, 20th ma le 23rd regiments. Na tofia le vaega lea e leoleo tuaoi ma toleni ai le ʻAu Puipuiga a le Atunuu.