A nickname for US soldiers in WW1 was doughboys.
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The British were called Tommy's or Tommy Atkins
The Germans were call Fritz
The Americans were called Sammies for Uncle Sam
The Germans called Americans Ami's short for Americans in German
The Canadians were called Scotties
A great book on WW2 US, UK and German soldier slang is Fubar by Gordon Rottman (2007)
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Besides the already popular term "Yanks," US infantry soldiers in World War I were known as doughboys (the source of the nickname is not definitively established)
While volunteers were always accepted, soldiers were drafted for service in the US armed forces during World War 1.