sailors

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The carrier's long deployment included a fire in a laundry room on March 12, which injured two sailors and caused major damage to some 100 beds, according to the US military.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

"Ten injured sailors have been transferred to hospital, and local groups and search teams are trying to learn the fate of the other sailors," Radmehr told Iranian state news agency Mehr.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Others were forced into service as sailors for up to 10 years at a time.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

The path to chemotherapy began with a 1943 wartime disaster in Bari, Italy, where sailors exposed to mustard gas showed severely depleted white blood cell counts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Reverend Hunt catches Master Wingfield’s arm, the two sailors step between the angry men, and Captain Newport’s voice booms out.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone