G.I. Story

Item #5138

(February, 1991) Little G.I. is proudly displaying the Army emblem on his picket fence. The oldest branch of the armed forces, the Army was created by the Continental Congress in 1775. G.I. has an Eisenhower silver dollar, honoring the last Army general to become President. The little acorn serves as his caisson to transport ammunition, for the official motto is “This We’ll Defend.” The oak leaf behind G.I. is the officers’ grade insignia for lieutenant colonels and majors. His favorite song is, of course, “The Army Goes Rolling Along.”

Dr. Thomas F. Clark