G.I. or G.I. Joe
G.I. stands for Government Issue
Or in the British Army:
Tommy after Thomas Atkins, the specimen name given on the signing up documents
Wrong, G.I. stands for General Infantry. Joe from the term 'average Joe'. Hence G.I. Joe.
You need to specify which group of soldiers you are referring to if you want to make it possible to answer you question. which soldiers, which nationality, which historical period.
Dough Boys, Dog Faces, GI's.
Yankies
the nickname given to the US Marines is Jarhead
Some were called Yanks or GI Joes.
How many Soldiers are in the U.S. army total??
Besides the already popular term "Yanks," US infantry soldiers in World War I were known as doughboys (the source of the nickname is not definitively established)
About 408,000 US military personnel died, of whom about 300,000 were soldiers in the US Army. The rest were airmen, sailors, and US Marines. There were sixteen million Americans in uniform, and half of these were soldiers in the US Army.
They were "Doughboys".
doughboys
The correct answer is Doughboys
doughboys
Buffalo Soldiers
Besides the already popular term "Yanks," US infantry soldiers in World War I were known as doughboys (the source of the nickname is not definitively established)
Besides the already popular term "Yanks," US infantry soldiers in World War I were known as doughboys (the source of the nickname is not definitively established)
The soldiers of the Army of the United States were known as the 'Union' during the US Civil War. The soldiers of the opposing side, the Confederate States Army, were the rebels.The soldiers of the Army of the United States were the 'Union' during the US Civil War. The soldiers of the opposing side, the Confederate States Army were the rebels.
the nickname given to the US Marines is Jarhead
The US Army. The US Army.
American soldiers were also known as doughboys
The nickname of the US Army's 101st Airborne division is "Screaming Eagles."