Please forgive me if my question is unclear or inappropriate. It's a little intimidating to post to this subreddit as a layperson. If this isn't the right place for this, could you point me in the right direction?
I'm interested in finding about about war related memetic occurrences. I am familiar with Kilroy Was Here during WW2, and popular common images on Viet Nam War era Zippo lighters, like Snoopy, or certain phrases and poems.
Are there examples of anything along these lines for World War 1, the Korean War, or the Gulf War? Are there lesser known examples from WW2 and Viet Nam?
Again, my apologies if this question is too broad, but I am having a difficult time trying to describe what I am trying to find. Thanks in advance.
When I joined the US Army in 1976 there were still a lot of Vietnam vets on active service. The most used phrase I remember was "Boo coo" which was used to denote 'much', 'large' 'many'. When I asked about the origin, I was told that was what the local Vietnamese said. I found out it was from the French 'Beaucoup" - which a lot of Vietnamese still used as a secondary language. "Zippo" refered to a flame weapon. Another favorite phrase was 'Didi mau" (not idea how to spell, this is just how it sounded) Meant to get the hell out of 'there' as fast as possible. Never did find out where this one came from.