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SoldieringSee also Militarism.All Quiet on the Western Frontyouth Paul Baumer suffers the miseries of the first World War. [Ger. Lit.: Remarque All Quiet on the Western Front]Atkins, Tommynickname for English soldiers. [Br. Folklore: Walsh Modern, 33]Bailey, Beetlehapless private who resists authority and seeks easy way out. [Comics: Horn, 105–106]Ellyat, Jackfrom Connecticut: Union trooper undergoes many hardships. [Am. Lit.: “John Brown’s Body” in Magill I, 445–448]Fuzzy-Wuzzyname for bushy-haired Sudanese warriors celebrated in a Kipling ballad. [Br. Lit.: Kipling Barrack-Room Ballads in Benét, 81]G.I. Joeany American soldier. [Am. Military Slang: Misc.]Good Soldier Schweiksimple, innocent Czech soldier in the Austrian army during World War I. [Czech Lit.: The Good Soldier: Schweik, Magill IV, 390–392]GurkhasNepalese mercenaries, renowned for valor. [Nepalese Hist.: NCE, 1165]Janissarieselite Turkish infantry. [Turk. Hist.: Fuller, I, 499, 508]Red Badge of Courage, Theyoung Civil War recruit Henry Fleming receives his baptism of fire. [Am. Lit.: Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage]Sad Sackwhose travails reflect those of all soldiers. [Comics: Horn, 595–596]Sherston, Georgeinvolved in the heavy action of World War I. [Br. Lit.: Memoirs of an Infantry Officer in Magill I, 579]Uncle Toby and Corporal Triminarticulate ex-soldier and his loquacious orderly reconstruct campaigns on small bowling green. [Br. Lit.: Tristram Shandy in Magill I, 1027]Wingate, Clayfrom Georgia: Confederate counterpart of Jack Ellyat. [Am. Lit.: “John Brown’s Body” in Magill I, 445–448]LegalSeeSoldier |