"Where Did the Expression ‘Gung Ho’ Come From?" Topic
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FusilierDan  | 04 Mar 2025 5:25 a.m. PST |
We get this byword for enthusiasm from an officer in the Marines named Evans Fordyce Carlson. link |
| Deucey | 04 Mar 2025 5:45 a.m. PST |
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing! |
| Eclectic Wave | 04 Mar 2025 7:54 a.m. PST |
There is a World War II movie, Made in WWII (1943) about Evans Force Carlson and his Raiders, called appropriately, 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders It's tagged as "A true Story!", and is about as accurate as any movie made in WWII with the blessings of the US Army can be. |
| Barcephus | 04 Mar 2025 12:27 p.m. PST |
YOUR DAILY DOSE OF TOO MUCH INFORMATION
Gung ho (/ˈɡʌŋˈhoʊ/) is an English term, with the current meaning of 'enthusiastic or energetic', especially overly so. It originated during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) from a Chinese term, 工合 (pinyin: gōnghé; lit. 'to work together'), short for Chinese Industrial Cooperatives (Chinese: 工業合作社; pinyin: Gōngyè Hézuòshè).[1][2]
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| jfleisher | 04 Mar 2025 2:33 p.m. PST |
I'm pretty sure the phrase came from the 1986 movie with Michael Keaton. link I'll see myself out… |
 Parzival | 05 Mar 2025 6:22 a.m. PST |
Ah, American English— beating up other language's phrases and telling them "you'll mean what we want you to mean," since Plymouth Rock.  |
| Dn Jackson | 06 Mar 2025 5:55 a.m. PST |
Parzival – lol Carlson was known as 'Red Mike' in the Marine Corps due to the philosophy on how to run a unit he picked up from the Chinese communists when he was in China before we entered the war. He was not well like in American military circles, but he gave the Corps Gung-Ho! |
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worries about not losing his rules stuff.