Ethnic stereotyping was not beyond the editorial staff of The Stars and Stripes during the First World War and, as you will see, they exercised that privilege in the attached article. However, the performance of the Native-American soldier got high marks for a number of valued skills from many Allied officers on the Western Front and the editorial hi-jinx of The Stars and Stripes cannot diminish their record. It was not simply their ability to shoot well which inspired the compliments but also their instincts while patrolling No-Man's Land in the dark in addition to a common sense of bravery shared by all. The article is rich with a number of factoids that the Western Front reader will no doubt enjoy; among them, mention is made of German women serving in combat.
Click here to read an article from 1916 comparing German sniper scopes to those of the British.
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