America was born as a nation of riflemen, and that foundation of marksmanship carried over to the fledgling pilots and aerial gunners training in America. One of the biggest problems that the Air Service faced, particularly in 1917, was an embarrassing lack of machine guns.
Second Lieutenant Henry George Pike was given a rededication ceremony on June 29 after it was finally confirmed that he was buried as an "unknown" solider in a plot near Ypres, Belgium.