GIs from the 25th Division in the jungle of Vella Lavella during Operation Cartwheel (Sept. In American military history the 25th Infantry Division (nicknamed "Tropic Lightning") is a large military unit associated with operations in the Asia-Pacific region Vella Lavella is an island in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands. Operation Cartwheel (1943–1944 was the major Military strategy for the Allies in the Pacific theater of World War II. 13, 1943)

For other uses of GI, see GI

GI or G. I. is a term describing members of the U.S. armed forces or items of their equipment. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It may be used as an adjective or as a noun. The term is often thought to be an initialism of "Government Issue" but the origin of the term is in fact galvanized iron after the letters "GI" that used to denote equipment such as metal trash cans made from it in U.S. Army inventories and supply records. Acronyms, initialisms, and alphabetisms are Abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. ^[1][2] During World War I, U. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All S. soldiers sardonically referred to incoming German artillery shells as "GI cans. " During World War I it was somehow assumed that GI stood for Government Issue and the term was applied to all military equipment and the soldiers themselves (another incorrect interpretation is General Infantry^[2]). The term reached even farther as its usage spread with the American troops during World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

During World War I, U. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All S. soldiers were also often known as "Doughboys". Doughboy is an outdated slang term for a United States Army Infantryman best known from its use in World War I, although it dates back to the Mexican-American A comparable nickname for a member of the British armed forces is "Tommy"; in the Australian and New Zealand Armed forces, "Digger" and during World War II, German forces were described as Jerrys. Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is a term for a common soldier in the British Army that was already well established in the nineteenth century but is particularly Digger is a New Zealand and Australian military slang term for Soldiers from New Zealand and Australia.

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See also

• G.I. Generation
• G.I. Bill
• G.I. Joe
• G.I. Blues
• Tommy Atkins
• Folk etymology

This United States military article is a stub. The Greatest Generation is a term for those Americans who fought in World War II, as well as those who kept the Home front intact during it The GI Bill (officially titled Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 PL346 58 Statutes at Large 284 provided for college or vocational education for returning GI Joe is a line of military-themed articulated "action figures" produced by the Toy company Hasbro. GI Blues is a 1960 Elvis Presley musical Motion picture played as a romantic comedy Tommy Atkins (often just Tommy) is a term for a common soldier in the British Army that was already well established in the nineteenth century but is particularly Folk etymology is a term used in two distinct ways A commonly held misunderstanding of the origin of a particular word a False etymology. The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.