doughboys

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Times

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

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 Literature

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.

From Washington Post

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.”

From Washington Times