Dogface

Origin

dog + face

Full definition of dogface

Noun

1. (US military) A generic name for a foot soldier, especially during World War II.
• 1962 (2006), Joseph Commings, "The X Street Murders", The Mammoth Book of Perfect Crimes & Impossible MysteriesYass. I never got above the rank of shavetail. We were the dogfaces who gave ’em hell at Chateau Thierry.