doughboys

1. United States infantry soldiers who served in World War I.

Example Sentences

I charged up San Juan Hill with the Rough Riders and joined the doughboys over there.

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Seventeen months later, after millions of American doughboys had taken up arms in Europe and 117,000 were killed, the Germans surrendered.

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When I think of you bunking in leaky barracks, and all of the other sacrifices you and the other doughboys are making such a change seems a small thing.

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In five scenes, the sculpture will depict the journey of the American “doughboys” from home, through the horror of the 1914-1918 war — which the United States entered in 1917 — and back.

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During World War I, Salvation Army ministers — “officers,” in the group’s parlance — served doughnuts to the troops, gaining respect from the soldiers who came to be known as “doughboys.”

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