USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Indelibly tied to Americans, “Doughboys” became the most enduring nickname for the troops of General John Pershing’s American Expeditionary Forces, who traversed the Atlantic to join war weary Allied armies fighting on the Western Front in World War I .

Detailed explanation-2: -Mencken claimed the nickname could be traced to Continental Army soldiers who kept the piping on their uniforms white through the application of clay. When the troops got rained on the clay on their uniforms turned into “doughy blobs, ” supposedly leading to the doughboy moniker.

Detailed explanation-3: -History of the Pillsbury Doughboy The character was named Poppin’ Fresh-a nod to the product’s quality and freshness. Perz came up with the idea while testing out Pillsbury dough in his own kitchen.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cavalrymen used the term to deride foot soldiers, because the brass buttons on their uniforms looked like the flour dumplings or dough cakes called “doughboys", or because of the flour or pipe clay which the soldiers used to polish their white belts.