DOughboys
The American troups were called doughboys in World War I.
Because they're weird.
They called American troops "Gringos"
Around 16 Million US troops were deployed during World War 2.
It was the American Civil War where American troops wore flat caps called kepis.
Throughout the war the number of American Troops continued to grow in response to the position of the war. By August 1918, there were nearly 1,500,000 American troops in the European Campaign.
Common nicknames were "redcoats" for British troops and "Yankees" or "colonials" for American troops.
American soldiers were called Yanks by the Allies and Ami or Amis by the Germans
The island was called Iwo Jima on where the Americans troops raised the flag
west of france
Mostly by Train and Ship. Later by truck and foot.
They traveled overseas ...