infantrymen

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His two main characters, infantrymen named Willie and Joe, were bedraggled, unshaven, dirty, tired to the bone, contemptuous of authority—in other words, mirror images of many of the real soldiers fighting that war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 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

Not only did Inka infantrymen have to overcome their initial stupefaction, their leaders had to reinvent their military tactics while in the midst of an invasion.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann