infantryman
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He viewed his 11 months at the VA as a natural extension of his days as an infantryman, giving back to veterans and this country.
From Slate ● Feb. 18, 2025
I’m struck by the parallel between the life of a closeted trans Civil War infantryman and the modern American trans teen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2024
He served two tours in Iraq between 2003 and 2006, as an enlisted Marine infantryman and scout sniper, and then left the service to become a lawyer.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
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
My grandfather served in the military, as an infantryman in the US Army.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
Ukrainian infantrymen were hiking more than 10 miles on foot to reach positions inside the devastated city in east Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 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
When handheld guns became common, armed peasant infantrymen supplanted the mounted elite.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
“Chuckie” was a derisive term coined by infantrymen, using the army’s spelling alphabet where a word is assigned to each letter of the alphabet.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
