gunner

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Shelley was a seaman gunner on the destroyer HMS Milne on D-Day and guarded troops going ashore during the Normandy landings in June 1944.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Dougie Shelley joined the Royal Navy at the age of 17, serving as a seaman gunner, and said earlier this year: "There is not many of us left."

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025

Although more accustomed to playing out wide as a gunner, he didn’t blink at lining up at a position more often occupied by bigger linebackers, or sometimes even linemen.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2024

The gunner survived and is now recovering, Lawyer said a few days later.

From New York Times • May 14, 2024

Magdalys brought them in low for his next shot, which smashed into the wall just close enough to the gunner for him to get the picture.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older