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- Doughboy - Wikipedia
The average age of a "doughboy" in World War I was less than 25 years old Fifty-seven percent of infantrymen were under the age of 25, with some enlisting as young as seventeen
- Doughboy | WWI, US Army, Infantry | Britannica
Doughboy, nickname popularly given to United States soldiers during World War I The term was first used during the American Civil War when it was applied to the brass buttons on uniforms and thence to infantrymen
- Why Were American Soldiers in WWI Called Doughboys? - HISTORY
It’s unknown exactly how U S service members in World War I (1914-18) came to be dubbed doughboys—the term most typically was used to refer to troops deployed to Europe as part of the American
- Doughboys - National WWI Museum and Memorial
Indelibly tied to Americans, “Doughboys” became the most enduring nickname for the troops of General John Pershing’s American Expeditionary Forces, who traversed the Atlantic to join war weary Allied armies fighting on the Western Front in World War I
- DOUGHBOY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
doughboy noun dough· boy ˈdō-ˌbȯi Synonyms of doughboy : an American infantryman especially in World War I
- Origins of Doughboy - WORLDWAR1. com
Doughboy came to belong exclusively to the 4 7 million Americans who served in the Great War The Army continued using some of the slang terms like Doughboy Drill, but the troops of the 20s and 30s, for the most part, did not use the term to describe themselves, nor did the public
- What Was a Doughboy? - Doughboy Foundation
The slang term “doughboy” was used to refer to American infantry soldiers through the First World War, although the term fell out of popularity after that point
- The Fascinating Origins of the Doughboy Nickname
The term "doughboy" is a unique nickname for American soldiers who served in World War I Its origins, while debated, evoke various images and stories rooted in American military history
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