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Originally Posted by Leto
And the Allies refered to the US troops as Doughboys in WW1 (kneaded, but late to rise) and Johnny-come-lately's in WW2 because of the timeliness of their gov't involvement. Is this rumour or fact?
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I can't really speak to those terms, but it is a fact that the german's referred to the US Marines as
Teufel-hunden during ww1 and why US Marines are are now affectionately known as "Devil-Dogs."
-bear