Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I tipu ake a Strauss ki Virginia e karapotia ana e te whakahonoretanga o ngā toa hōia o te Tonga mai i te "War Between the States", engari he haerenga i haere ai ia i te raumati o te tau 1918 ki ngā wāhi whawhai o Château-Thierry me Belleau Wood
ka whakakorea atu i tana tirohanga ki te ao ngā ariā ātaahua, ātaahua rānei. Waihoki, ko tana whakaaturanga ki te Communism i te tau 1919 i te kitenga i nga paanga o te Pakanga Polish-Soviet i arahi ki te kaha me te wairua anti-Communist.