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They were called dough boys.
Buffalo Soldiers
During World War I, a variety of nicknames were given to soldiers from the various combatant-nations involved, and American "dough-boys" were no exception. Perhaps the most common nickname was the simple, usually affectionate, and largely descriptive "Yank."
The nickname for American soldiers during the Mexican-American war was doughboys. The term came about when the soldiers marching through northern Mexico were covered with white, chalky dust.
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 American troups were called doughboys in World War I.
American soldiers were also known as doughboys
DOUGHBOYS On the contrary it was only American soldiers that were given this nickname
Tommies were British soldiers, it was a nickname similar to GI for American troops.
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Buffalo Soldiers
During World War I, a variety of nicknames were given to soldiers from the various combatant-nations involved, and American "dough-boys" were no exception. Perhaps the most common nickname was the simple, usually affectionate, and largely descriptive "Yank."
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