Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1960, Mutungamiri Dwight D. Eisenhower akagadza Timberlake kuti ave mumiriri weUnited States kuDemocratic Republic of the Congo yakanga ichangobva kuzvimiririra, yaimbova koloni yeBelgium. Mukati meCongo Crisis
, Hayes aive mutsigiri weMobutu Sese Seko, uye akatsigira kubviswa kwaPatrice Lumumba. Muna March 1961, Hayes pachake akarayira ngarava shanu dzeU.S. Navy kupinda mumvura dzokuCongo, chiito chakakanganisa hurumende yaKennedy.