Simply a member of the army, especially a soldier. The initials stand for "galvanized iron".
GI is a nickname started when, in WWI, army issued equipment would be stamped with GI standing for Galvonized Iron. It eventually stretched to being used for American Soldiers. That is what it stands for in the instance of the GI Bill of Rghts.
American GI Forum was created in 1948.
Put your GI Bill to use.
Most GI Joes are Marines, but there are some others in the other branches of the Military.
GI, which stands for General Issue, the term used by the army for the equipment supplied to a US soldier in WWII. Regards
what did GI originally stand for on the uniform of American miltary
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GI's were the men serving in the military, usually meaning the Army.
They are called GI s. The term is often thought to be an initialism of "Government Issue" or "General Infantry" but the origin of the term is in fact galvanized iron after the letters "GI" that used to denote equipment such as metal trash cans made from it in U.S. Army inventories and supply records.
The French Army helped the American Army fight the British Army
The new American army was called the Continental Army
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