U.S. Use of the SMLE

[Tom Jackson]

I don't think there is much point. Bruce has stated his opinions on U.S. use of the SMLE in several venues over the years. If the lack of discussion of SMLE use by the US Army is an oversight his research is deficient. If the omission is deliberate he displays a definite bias. The fact remains that significant numbers of SMLE rifles were used by the U.S. Army in training AND combat during WWI. Furthermore, the operations in which the U.S. Army used SMLEs were considerably more important than the limited use of the Mosin-Nagant in Siberia and North Russia. I think that fact needs to be recognized. "BORROWED SOLDIERS" by Mitchell Yockelson is a good account of the operations of the 30th and 27th Divisions in WWI and American/British relations generally.