Doughboy

Thomas Comerford t-k.comerfo at WORLDNET.ATT.NET
Tue Jan 2 14:26:15 UTC 2001


Brewer's says that the word as applied to US soldiers derived from the similarity of the cake of that name to the uniform buttons on a soldier c WW I & earlier. Any other thoughts?

T. Comerford
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