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Show APPENDIX II AMBIGUITY IN THE TITLES OF GI UNDERGROUNDS An explanatory note is required nature of many titles used in the GI The GI press embodies tion of titles. ness of the an GI phrases by the peculiar underground press phenomenon. imaginative use of ambiguity in its selec Representative of the radical political conscious 19601s, these titles often combine contemporary hip slang with military jargon American in this thesis in the creation of hybrids unique to-the military experience of the Vietnam War. are papers and younger, often named by placing in a new context slang military jargon familiar to the intended readership: lower commands such ranking enlisted personnel. as "about face," For "as you were, II example, military "eyes 1 eft," III eft face," "open ranks," "open sights," "head-on," "forward," and "all hands abandon of these typical underground GI press, have been used as underground titles. mil itary commands as titles of anti-mil itary ship" newspapers is an element of identifying the general tive readers and irony and ambiguity The use in the nature of the papers to prospec capitalizing upon possible anti-military dissidence already experienced by alienated or otherwise dissatisfied members of the armed forces. Hence, process, the new connotations are phrase "about face" shouted at basic trainees as well given to military jargon. In the refers both to the command as to a change in direction of |
