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From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Soldier's names, origins
Message-ID: <235@mtxinu.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 21:38:07 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan  4 21:38:07 1985
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> GI Joe is from an American comic strip.

Yes, but before WWII, US soldiers weren't called GIs
(at least if I understand this right!).  That term
comes from Government Issue - the label that some
newspeaker added to the catalog of items that the
soldiers were issued.

-- 
Ed Gould
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