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G.I. are initials used to describe the soldiers of the United States Army and airmen of the United States Air Force and general items of their equipment.[1] The term G.I. has been used as an initialism of "Government Issue," "General Issue," or "Ground Infantry," but it originally referred to "galvanized iron," as used by the logistics services of the United States Armed Forces.[2][3]

During World War I, American soldiers sardonically referred to incoming German artillery shells as "G.I. cans." Also during that war, "G.I." started being interpreted as "Government Issue" or "General Issue" for the general items of equipment of soldiers and airmen. The term "G.I." came into widespread use in the United States with the start of the en:Selective Service System ("the draft") in 1940, extending into 1941. It gradually replaced the term "en:Doughboy" that was used in World War I. Next, the use of "G.I." expanded from 1942 through 1945. American five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower said in 1945 that "the truly heroic figure of this war [is] G.I. Joe and his counterpart in the air, the navy, and the Merchant Marine of every one of the United Nations."[4]

— English Wikipedia article “en:G.I.”

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  1. ↑ Rawson, Hugh (April–May 2006). Why do we say "G.I."?. American Heritage.
  2. ↑ Wilton, Dave (2 February 2009). G.I. - Wordorigins.org. Word Origins. Wordorigins.org. Retrieved on 2 January 2021.
  3. ↑ G.I. Definition from CollinsDictionary.com. Collins Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd and Penguin Random House LLC (2019). Retrieved on 2 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Eisenhower, Dwight D. (10 May 1945). Funeral Pyres of Nazidom (video). Universal Newsreel.

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