In the Army, the average age of the infantryman is nineteen years old. From Wordnik.com. [Gulf War II] Reference
DS: Having been a Marine infantryman is central to what goes into these books. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-02-01] Reference
He who knows the morale of the infantryman, which is put to the hardest proof, knows the morale of all the combatants. From Wordnik.com. [Battle Studies] Reference
The infantryman was the 140th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan since Canadian soldiers first went there in 2002 to fight the Taliban. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
But the world of an infantryman is unlike any other, and a soldier’s motivations in battle are hard to judge from the outside looking in. From Wordnik.com. [The Road to Haditha] Reference
In modern war the infantryman hasn't much of a chance. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of a Despatch Rider] Reference
A brawny veteran infantryman, whom I met with his chum, said. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
Gezon, a Roman infantryman, paymaster of his company, IV. xx. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War] Reference
The enemy infantryman looks along his sight and he has you for. From Wordnik.com. [Life in a Tank] Reference
He was an infantryman, and rose to the rank of gunnery sergeant. From Wordnik.com. [A Marine's Suicide Brings The Battle Home] Reference
This is the work that wins the War, the work of the infantryman. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 31, 1917] Reference
Is the work that never shows at all, the work of the infantryman. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 31, 1917] Reference
HOLLAND: Barely 19, he was an infantryman and sent to Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2008] Reference
That means -- I'm an infantryman, who was in the Army for 31 years. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2005] Reference
It takes six to seven soldiers to support one infantryman in combat. From Wordnik.com. [Why We Need a Draft: A Marine’s Lament] Reference
One does not think that any infantryman would have written that line. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918] Reference
It left the impression, his critics said, that he was an infantryman. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Democratic National Convention: Joseph Lieberman to Give Keynote Address - August 16, 2000] Reference
He taught he how to be an infantryman, how to be an infantry officer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 15, 2003] Reference
He's in at the death while he yet has breath, the British infantryman!. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 31, 1917] Reference
If they joined to be an infantryman, they are an infantryman in combat. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2007] Reference
The Marine infantryman spent seven months on the Syrian border in 2004. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2005] Reference
And he's an infantryman who understands discipline, has great leadership. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2009] Reference
I think I was not conscious of it as long as I was just a guy, an infantryman. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2009] Reference
I mean, that rifle was designed so the average infantryman could engage at range. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2002] Reference
"Only by the rifle and bayonet of the infantryman can the decisive victory be won.". From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918] Reference
But no inventions can shift the burden of war from the shoulders of the infantryman. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918] Reference
Infantry are, you must be an infantryman or work in a MOS that is -- supports regiment. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 29, 2004] Reference
In this war, as in most others, it is the infantryman who stands the brunt of the fighting. From Wordnik.com. [The Emma Gees] Reference
KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): An American infantryman on Iraq's deadly streets. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 17, 2007] Reference
KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): An American infantryman on Iraq's deadly streets. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 17, 2007] Reference
They wore the baggy grey clothes and clumsy looking leather top boots of the German infantryman. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland] Reference
WALLACE: In this scenario, four soldiers come across an infantryman whose hand has been blown off. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 7, 2006] Reference
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