doughboys
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I charged up San Juan Hill with the Rough Riders and joined the doughboys over there.
From Washington Times • Jul. 2, 2023
Seventeen months later, after millions of American doughboys had taken up arms in Europe and 117,000 were killed, the Germans surrendered.
From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2022
During one exhibition against the Brooklyn Dodgers, Babe displayed his innovative hitting approach before several hundred doughboys.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2020
Fighting as American troops did in Tunisia, Sicily and Italy, doughboys have smashed through the outer crust of Hitler's fortress in a gallant display of courage and skill.
From Fox News • Jun. 3, 2019
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.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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