Incorrect as always. Used by US Soldiers in Korea after they didn't understand a word the Koreans used for American- they thought the Koreans were saying 'me-gook'. Hangook is the term for the Korean country in their language as well.
Used in the Philippines as well. Always stood as a racial term for Asians, not Berbers... :roll: The Marines stationed at manila used the word to refer to prostitutes. As far as i can tell it never was a 'neutral' word. Not used outside of the Pacific region.
If you ever set foot in SE Asia with US personnel you should know the term, 'Luke the Gook' when referring to the VC. 'Gook' was not a complement- Sir Charles was.
You are good at revisionist history.
As Dean Vernon Wormer would say, "Being fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
The word was in use by U.S. Marines by the 1820's.
America's first Korean War didn't happen until 1871. ->
http://www.debatepolitics.com/history/173330-first-korean-war-1871-a.html
The use of the word being used by U.S. Marines during the Mexican American War can be found in naval documents at the Washington Navy Yard and the California State Military Museum and also if you read either Joseph Walker's personal journals or by reading this book. ->
Westering Man: The Life of Joseph Walker: Bil Gilbert: 9780806119342: Amazon.com: Books
The U.S. Army didn't pick up on the term until soldiers were fighting alongside of U.S. Marines during the Philippine Insurrection.
U.S. soldiers used the term in southern Europe during WW ll and they weren't referring to Asians.
The term was used in the Southwest Pacific to describe the Solomon Islands not people. The term fell out of use by 1943 until the Vietnam War.
Knew a Marine Sergeant who spotted NGF for the Australians in Vietnam and he referred to the Aussies using the same word.
The term is a frickin U.S. Marine slang word, a frickin noun, a person, place or thing. It wasn't until the 1970's when the PC left started to change the definition of words to further their political agenda did the loony left decide it was a derogatory term. It's called liberal revisionism.
BTW: Just a couple of years ago the liberal revisionist changed the names of one of America's wars. That's right, the Philippine Insurrection is no more. In the name of political correctness, it's now the Philippine-American War. I #### you not. Go to the liberal Wikipedia and type in Philippine Insurrection.
I wonder what the next word that is on the PC hit list ? "Hold Down the Fort" ? That's right the Obama administration already has that one taken care of, it's now a derogatory term.