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The shading of a cell indicates the number of soldiers placed.

That year, the Union Army furnished some 2,020 artificial legs and 1,441 artificial arms to its soldiers.

Take, for instance, the financial hit that the United States carries each time one of its former soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan commits violent crimes back on the home front.

From Ozy

Getting a haircut is supposed to be a risky act tantamount to being a soldier at war.

A soldier who loses a leg and a soldier who returns home safe to a new baby will generally, a year or two later, be roughly as happy as they were before those events.

From Vox

A soldier in the service of ideals and aspirations that formed his core.

The story of the soldier returning home to a country he no longer recognizes is a very old one.

Sabrine reports that the latest demands by ISIS militants are three prisoners for every captive soldier.

In their midst stands a soldier with the Lebanese armed forces in a red beret, sporting an assault rifle and an unblinking stare.

The families had gathered that Sunday to remember Ali Bazzal, a soldier whom the Nusra Front declared they had executed on Dec. 6.

After relievedly giving the pistol to the nearest soldier, he stumbled quickly over to Brion and took his hand.

Captain Duffield wrote two messages, giving one to Harry, and the other to the soldier who was to accompany him.

To Harry's surprise, the soldier detailed to go with him proved to be a boy, not much older than himself.

The other was the spirited portrait of Baron von Friedericks, a happy combination of cavalier and soldier in its manly strength.

Heavy firing continued all that afternoon, inflicting great loss on the rebels, whilst the Spaniards lost one soldier.

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On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to soldier, such as: commando, fighter, guard, guerrilla, marine, and mercenary.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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