Joseph S. (Joseph Shuter) Smith

Born in 1893, Joseph S. Smith—also published as Joseph Shuter Smith—was an American writer remembered for books drawn directly from the First World War. His best-known works include Over There and Back in Three Uniforms (1918), a memoir of serving with the Canadian, British, and American armies, and Trench Warfare: A Manual for Officers and Men (1917), a compact guide shaped by battlefield experience.

The surviving bibliographic record suggests that his writing was closely tied to active service rather than to a long literary career. The trench manual was presented as the work of a second lieutenant with the British Expeditionary Force, and his memoir emphasized the unusual path of wearing three uniforms during the war.

Reliable biographical detail beyond his books is limited in the sources I could confirm, but his work still stands out as a direct, eyewitness window into World War I. For readers interested in soldiers' voices from the front, his books offer both practical detail and personal perspective.