<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Lapho iMelika ingena eMpini Yezwe I, uHayward wathuthela empini esebenzayo eqenjini lamasosha esizwe njengekholonili lezempi. Njengoba kwakunamabutho ayetholakala kuye, waqoqa, waqeqesha, futhi wagqoka iyunifomu ye-15th New York Infantry, ibutho lamavolontiya amnyama kuphela. Kamuva leli butho laqanjwa ngokuthi iHarlem Hellfighters. Ibutho lafika eYurophu entwasahlobo ka-1917. Ujenene Pershing, ngaphansi kwakhe uHayward wasebenza njengomfundi, wenza ukuthi i-regiment ilwe namaFulentshi ngaphansi kwegama elithi 369th Infantry Regiment. Alwa ngaphambili izinsuku ezingu-191, isikhathi eside kunanoma iyiphi enye i-regiment yaseMelika, futhi abamba iqhaza eChampagne-Marne  <response>: , Aisne-Marne, futhi Meuse-Argonne. UHayward waklonyeliswa nge Croix de Guerre enesandla segolide nenkanyezi yesiliva kanye ne-Distinguished Service Medal, wanconywa nguMarshal Foch noGeneral Pershing, futhi wenziwa isikhulu seLegion of Honour sibonga isincomo sikaGeneral Petain. Wakhishwa ebuthweni kanye nabo bonke abanye ababesebuthweni ngoMashi 1919. 