gunner
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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
"I tried using the time constructively," Mr Devonport, who served as a Chieftain gunner in the First Royal Tank Regiment, said.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024
Eighth Air Force and served as a radio gunner on a B-17, the massive bomber known as the Flying Fortress.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 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
Tonya Khokhlova, one of the few women who was a tail gunner for the 587th Regiment, sheds a little light on how people manage this fear.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Some Ukrainian gunners have told reporters they were only allowed to fire three shells per night.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2024
One of the gunners pushes a projectile into the barrel.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023
The Steelers twice failed to pin the Bengals deep in their own end in the first half when the gunners couldn’t down the ball before it reached the end zone.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
The Wildcats aren’t going to be too uncomfortable in this neutral-court setting, and some of their gunners might embrace the situation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
Masha and her crew were picked up by friendly Soviet antiaircraft gunners, who drove them to a medical post.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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