infantrymen

Example Sentences

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For Ukrainian infantrymen, Russia’s midrange drones make moving to and from the front line the most perilous part of their work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 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

But then their offensive sputtered to a halt as infantrymen and horse-drawn artillery became ensnared in the obstacle course of churned-up fields, abandoned trenches, and shattered roads left from the Battle of the Somme.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman