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Advisory Panel
Originally Posted by
Patrick Chadwick
I therefore conclude that this is indeed VERY PROBABLY a GI bring-back from the SpanAm war
US gents please pardon my ignorance. Were they called GIs in the 1890s?
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07-22-2012 03:51 PM
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I believe the term 'G.I.' originated in the '30s, but I may be mistaken. As a former grunt, I guess I should know this! A little research beckons, I believe.
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Advisory Panel
Apparently (Wikipedia etc.) GI was (originally) a sarcastic use of the abbreviation for Government Issue, indicating that the troops were regarded as pieces of equipment. Arose approx. WW1 or later. Long after the SpanAm war.
So I guess you have a "Doughboy bring-back"
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