infantryman
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For many at the front, the main fear is not an infantryman storming over the top, but an unseen enemy operating a drone from far away with a joystick.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
When I was an infantryman in the U.S.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2025
He fled agricultural service in Kilmarnock as a teenager to get to Glasgow to enlist as an infantryman before ending up "right in the forefront" of the battle for Monte Cassino.
From BBC ● May 31, 2024
Valery Shyrokov, 47, an infantryman and mortar gunner who volunteered in 2022 and served, among other places, in the bloody battle for Bakhmut, uses the word “disappointed,” but his manner suggests something far stronger.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2024
My grandfather served in the military, as an infantryman in the US Army.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
He had a rare ability to draw out everyone he met, from common infantrymen to generals, who trusted him with their stories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Nothing the American infantrymen encountered battling across Europe and into the German heartland steeled them for what they found at Dachau.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
It's rare for journalists these days to speak to infantrymen, as it's become too risky to go to these trenches.
From BBC ● May 28, 2025
But that advantage flips in the afternoon, when Ukrainian drone pilots can sometimes spot the moving shadows of Russian infantrymen.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2023
First they hated the infantrymen on the mainland because they had failed to capture Bologna.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
