Comments on: Sammies http://www.word-detective.com/2009/01/sammies/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Soldier's Mail http://www.word-detective.com/2009/01/sammies/comment-page-1/#comment-3507 Soldier's Mail Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:41:14 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/05/30/sammies/#comment-3507 Initially the Volunteer American troops of the AEF (Regular Army & National Guard) DID in fact accept the term "Sammies" as a moniker for "Uncle Sam's Boys." This distinguished those who served in the trenches long before the draft troops of the U.S. National Army had even arrived. Later, with the huge influx of draft troops into the AEF the term "doughboy" became universally applied to all. For proof of this, visit Soldier's Mail which features the writings home of U.S. Sgt Sam Avery from the front lines of American involvement in the Great War. Fascinating eyewitness history from the hot sands along the Rio Grande to the cold mud along the Meuse. Initially the Volunteer American troops of the AEF (Regular Army & National Guard) DID in fact accept the term “Sammies” as a moniker for “Uncle Sam’s Boys.” This distinguished those who served in the trenches long before the draft troops of the U.S. National Army had even arrived. Later, with the huge influx of draft troops into the AEF the term “doughboy” became universally applied to all.

For proof of this, visit Soldier’s Mail which features the writings home of U.S. Sgt Sam Avery from the front lines of American involvement in the Great War. Fascinating eyewitness history from the hot sands along the Rio Grande to the cold mud along the Meuse.

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