"Since 1917, when a cheerful Salvation Army lassie handed a fresh doughnut to a homesick doughboy in France, The Salvation Army doughnut has symbolized loving concern for those in the armed forces.In 1917 young Helen Purviance, an ensign in the Salvation Army, was sent to France to work with the American First Division.
Putting her Hoosier ingenuity to work, she and a fellow officer, Ensign Margaret Sheldon, patted the first dough into shape by hand, but soon employed an ordinary wine bottle as a rolling pin.
Since they had no doughnut cutter, the lassies used a knife to cut the dough into strips and then twisted them into crullers..."
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