This week I got a new book (okay...I got more than one...I know I have a problem).
It is entitled What Did They Mean By That by Paul Drake and published by Heritage Books. It is basically a dictionary of genealogical and historical terminology. I thought it might be fun to share some of those terms with you and share what I found (of course I have to Google them!).
I opened the book to a random page and looked for a term that was unfamiliar to me.
On page 134 of the book I found this term:
geedunk
It is defined as "a very early slang term of the military, especially the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps, meaning candies, ice cream, confections, or other sweets available to those aboard ship, e.g. "Every early U.S. Navy ship had its geedunk stand."
I found a great photo of a Geedunk (Gedunk) stand found on the U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt that I thought I would share. It was found on the https://ussfranklindroosevelt.com/ website.
I imagine getting goodies from the stand was a special treat for the military personnel on board the ship!
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