Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Leonard E. Rea a ranar 14 ga Maris, 1897, a Auburn a New York, kuma, bayan kammala karatun sakandare, ya yanke shawarar shiga cikin Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Amurka a ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 1917. Bayan horo na asali, an sanya Rea zuwa 17th Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, wanda aka kafa a Philadelphia Navy Yard. Ya bar Faransa kusan nan da nan bayan kunnawa na rundunar kuma ya isa Saint-Nazaire a watan Yulin 1917. An ba Rea mukamin babban jami'in soja kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal don aikinsa na aikin soja. An tura shi zuwa sansanin soja na Toulon kusa da Verdun a watan Maris na shekarar 1918 kuma daga baya ya shiga cikin yakin Belleau Wood.
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