Original sentence: " used to denote equipment made from galvanized iron, such as metal trash cans, in U.By the time of the Korean War, the term was largely restricted to use by the press, war correspondents in particular.GI or G.However, the term G.Somehow it was later assumed that "GI" stood for "Government Issue".The term is often thought to be an initialism of "Government Issue" or "General Infantry" but actually refers to galvanized iron.The term reached its apex with the deployment of American troops during World War II.The term was later applied to all military equipment, then to the soldiers themselves.soldiers sardonically referred to incoming German artillery shells as "GI cans".was always used much more by civilians and the media than it was by Army soldiers themselves
Edited sentence: " In that same war, "G." started being interpreted as "Government Issue" and said as an adjective of anything having to do with the Army." were used to denote equipment made from galvanized iron, such as metal trash cans, in U.The term is now used as an initialism of "Government Issue" (or sometimes incorrectly as "General Infantry"), but originally referred to galvanized iron.soldiers sardonically referred to incoming German artillery shells as "GI cans