The Times-Union called it a "big screen sensation", and applauded the re-enactments of the militaryengagements created by Cabanne. The [Deming Headlight] praised it as "the finest war picture ever produced". They were complimentary of the photography, acting, with the latter being marked for realism, without the "sickening sentimentality that distinguishes so many of the screen productions of the present day." The [San Bernardino County Sun] gave the film a positive review. They opined it was "a superb production suitable to its great central idea and its thrilling and absorbing story."