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"GI" was really a term invented by newspaper writers. Everything a soldier got was Government Issue - GI. The Army abhors individualism, and tried to turn men into identical "GI" units, hence, GIs. But among soldiers referring to themselves, the term did not catch on until after WWII. During WWII the men referred to themselves as "dogfaces", or "doggies", or "doughs". The last was a shortened form of "doughboy", which their fathers had been during WWI. Similarly, the Jeep was a new type of vehicle created for the army just before the war. Its name is said to have come from its designation as a General Purpose (GP = jeep) one-quarter ton truck. BUt the men actually called them "peeps", again, until after the war was over, and men came into the army who had been teenagers reading the papers while the war was going on.
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∙ 15y agoYes: GI stands for General Issue. Yes. American soldiers were called this. But not all Americans.
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What was a muleskinner in World War 1?
Muleskinners were GIs who took care of the mules.
What was the meaning of term fritz during the great war?
It was slang for a German. The French often called a German a "boche". In WWII, it was more often krauts, or squareheads, and among GIs stationed in Germany since WWII, Herms (as in Herman).
How did the women behave when GIs came back after World War 1?
They were excited and relieved to have their men back safe at home.
What is a sentence for GIS?
It is Geographic Information Systems
How did World War 2 affect Returning GIs?
•Education and training provided. •7.8 million veterans attended collages and technical schools. •Loan guarantees
Why were Vietnamese called gooks?
One GI in Vietnam stated that it was a corrupt pronunciation of the Korean word for "foreigner", and GIs had been called that term during the Korean War...so GIs adopted the usage.
Why were World War 2 soldiers called GIs?
G.I. stands for Government Issue
Why is GIS valuable tool for examining geography of a place?
The GIS stores info about the world in a digital database
Why is GIS a valuable tool for examine the geography of a place?
The GIS stores info about the world in a digital database
Why gis a valuable tool for examining the geography of a place?
The GIS stores info about the world in a digital database
What compensation did GIs families receive for GIs killed in World War 2?
$10,000 Life Insurance policy
Why are people who work in the GIS field called knowledge workers?
People who work in the GIS field are called knowledge workers because a knowledge worker is a person working in one of the information industries and the GIS is an information industry so knowlege workers work there.
What was a drafted soldier called during World War 2?
They called the same thing the enlisted men were called. Soldiers. They were not differentiated from the enlisted men. Of course some of the men were called grunts, GIs, Yanks, and a other not so nice names. ____ In Canada, men who waited until they were drafted were called zombies by the soldiers who had volunteered.
Is there surfing in Vietnam?
During the war, GIs surfed (waves were not that big).
What are called Google Products and which Google product is used in GIS?
Google Maps and Google Earth are used in geographic information systems (GIS).
What was ho chi minh once called?
Even GIs called him "Uncle Ho."
What is part of a nation that is home to those not fighting the war?
In the 20th century; men fighting over-seas referred to their homeland as "back home" or "back in the states' or (for Vietnam GIs) it was "back in the world." Each different nationality (each different nation's military men) will call their home country by different names. Not knowing those different names, but knowing some examples of how differently some allied military men spoke, here's some actual examples: During the Viet War, Australian's called their tank crewmen "tankies", while US GIs called them "tankers"; Australians called their infantrymen "Crunchies", while American's called them "Grunts". Americans called their food "C rations", whilst Australians called their food "Tins."
