Thread: G.I. Joe - The Movie - They destroyed my fond childhood memories
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Old 01-26-2010, 09:35 AM
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Government Issue.
Original the letters GI stood for Galvanized Iron and refereed specifically to trash cans, as in: Can, Waste, 35 gallon, G.I. (for galvanized iron). During WW2 the GI part started to mean Government Issue.
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