doughboys
Great War soldiers
Doughboys were American infantrymen, especially those who served in World War I.
The term predates that war—it appeared during the Mexican-American War and possibly earlier—but its origin is uncertain.
Theories involve flour-dusted uniforms, adobe dust, or doughy brass buttons, but none is conclusive.
My grandfather was a doughboy in France.
trenches
Elongated ground excavations
Verdun · Ypres · armistice · no-man's-land · barrage · allies · camouflage · artillery · biplane · Yanks
flour
Milled grain powder
broth · chicken · gravy · pot pie · soup · rolled · dropped · fluffy · Southern cooking · comfort food
- World War Itrenches, trench warfare, eastern front, Western Front, soldiers
- WWItrenches, no man's land, no mans land, trench warfare, armistice
- American WWIGeneral Pershing, Argonne, Western Front, over there, Yanks
- infantryfoot soldiers, foot soldier, rifleman, riflemen, infantryman
- War Veteransveterans, disabled veterans, wounded soldiers, wounded warriors, war wounded
- Wilson EraWoodrow Wilson, League of Nations, Treaty of Versailles, Clayton Act, Paris Peace Conference
doughboysmarines
Naval infantry soldiers
leathernecks · cavalry · cavalrymen · sailors · gobs
doughboysHuns
Central Asian invaders
Central Powers · Tommies · Tommy · diggers
doughboyscivilians
Non-military population
non-combatants · home front · draft dodgers · conscientious objectors · war profiteers
- Pillsbury DoughboyBaking brand mascot