soldiers
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There are 230,000 graves nationwide for unidentified soldiers, while thousands of others are believed to remain buried in remote jungles, or under farmland or other former battlefields.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Up to 1.2 million Vietnamese soldiers are estimated to have been killed between 1945 and 1975, during wars involving former colonial power France, and then the United States as well as its allies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
At one checkpoint, National Guard soldiers opened the trailer and, seeing a wall of hay bales, let it pass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
In a post on X, the Florida National Guard shared pictures of a truck stuck in a flood ditch, saying soldiers "stopped, swam to the vehicle and pulled its occupants to safety".
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
When she sees a large opening in the ground behind the Engineering Building, she makes a mental note of the soldiers going in and out and playfully asks, “What’s that?”
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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