G.I. JOE (1964) Debut TV Commercial!

★ G.I. JOE ("AMERICA'S MOVABLE FIGHTING MAN!") was a line of military action-figures produced by the Hassenfeld Brothers of Pawtucket, Rhode Island (now known as Hasbro today), back in 1964. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces: Army, Navy, Air-Force, and Marines.
★ The term G.I. stands, in popular usage, for Government Issue and became a generic term for U.S. soldiers.
★ After numerous changes and revisions over the passed five decades, G.I. Joe still exists to this day, although the name G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero now represents an entire special missions force, rather than just a soldier named Joe!