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Ancestors of Vietnam Doughnut Dollies
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Didn't know any of that history. Wondering if that is where the WWI term "doughboys" originated!
Is this our RP Captain David Kelly?
A source: Captain David Kelly, The Donut Girls: During the World Wars, The Donut Girls became a phenomenon and a symbol recognized throughout the Western world.(Peer Magazine; May 2019)
Is this our RP Captain David Kelly?
A source: Captain David Kelly, The Donut Girls: During the World Wars, The Donut Girls became a phenomenon and a symbol recognized throughout the Western world.(Peer Magazine; May 2019)
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
The term doughboys originated long before the Salvation Army girls came on the scene.
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica:
"doughboy, nickname popularly given to United States soldiers during World War I. The term was first used during the American Civil War when it was applied to the brass buttons on uniforms and thence to infantrymen. At a period not exactly ascertained, the word was said to have been derived from the doughlike appearance of a uniform soiled by moistened pipe clay. Again, infantrymen were said to march in 'dough' during wet weather. 'Adobe' furnishes a similar derivation, although it may be a popular etymology or wholesale transference of a foreign word to an English meaning and spelling."
As for Capt. David Kelly, BTFOOM . . .
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica:
"doughboy, nickname popularly given to United States soldiers during World War I. The term was first used during the American Civil War when it was applied to the brass buttons on uniforms and thence to infantrymen. At a period not exactly ascertained, the word was said to have been derived from the doughlike appearance of a uniform soiled by moistened pipe clay. Again, infantrymen were said to march in 'dough' during wet weather. 'Adobe' furnishes a similar derivation, although it may be a popular etymology or wholesale transference of a foreign word to an English meaning and spelling."
As for Capt. David Kelly, BTFOOM . . .
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