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The term "dogface" to describe an American soldier appeared in print at least as early as 1935. [5] [6] Contemporaneous newspapers accounted for the nickname by explaining that soldiers "wear dog-tags, sleep in pup tents, and are always growling about something" and "the army is a dog's life...and when they want us, they whistle for us."
Dogface Soldier: The Life of General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0-8262-7212-6. Jeffers, Harry Paul (2008). Command of Honor: General Lucian Truscott's Path to Victory in World War II. Penguin. ISBN 9781440630668. Phibbs, Brendan (1987). The Other Side of Time: A Combat Surgeon in World War II. Little, Brown ...
Reinforcing his status as the dogface G.I.'s best friend, Pyle wrote a column from Italy in 1944 proposing that soldiers in combat should get "fight pay," just as airmen received "flight pay". In May 1944 the U.S. Congress passed a law that became known as the Ernie Pyle bill. It authorized 50 percent extra pay for combat service. [4]
American soldiers went to support South Korea in its fight against North Korea from 1950 to 1953. Pogo’s Peppers: Hot sauce shop bringing heat and take-home meals to North Hampton.
To Hell and Back is a Technicolor and CinemaScope war film released in 1955. [4] It was directed by Jesse Hibbs and stars Audie Murphy as himself. It is based on the 1949 autobiography of the same name and is an account of Murphy's World War II experiences as a soldier in the U.S. Army. [5] The book was ghostwritten by his friend, David "Spec" McClure, who served in the U.S. Army's Signal ...
Escort Platoon is a term referring to a platoon of soldiers in the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment whose primary ceremonial mission is to march in ceremonies or military funerals. Generally, line infantry companies delegate the escort role to their 1st platoon. This platoon is generally composed of the tallest soldiers assigned to the unit.
Then he moved to Cambria in San Luis Obispo County (the California coast near Hearst Castle) where he opened a retail shop, called like his mail-order business, The Soldier Factory. It was there that Charles Kuralt and his CBS On The Road crew came in August 1977 to film a segment for the CBS Evening News .
By the end of 1976, Grenadier had produced miniature soldiers from Classical Antiquity and the American Civil War, and American Old West gunfighters. Although they were primarily focused on the well-established market for historical miniatures, their early products included science fiction themed Starsoldiers (product codes #S01-19) and Space Squadrons: Stellardate 2998 (#SS01-SS19) spaceships ...