The troopship was a converted "cattlewagon" made to carry two hundred colonists and assorted bushes and beasts. From Wordnik.com. [The Forever War]
There's a Peacekeeper troopship on its way here. '. From Wordnik.com. [Moonwar]
On the troopship to Manila, Joe had watched the ocean. From Wordnik.com. [Stallion Gate]
They would have found a place on the troopship for him. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Romney Deferred] Reference
In such manner ended a typical Sunday upon a troopship. From Wordnik.com. [From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa] Reference
We now received orders to prepare to embark on the troopship. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier's Life Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. Rundle] Reference
I have been in your debt since you set foot on the troopship. From Wordnik.com. [A Monstrous Regiment of Women]
The troopship had arrived and we were to embark on the morrow. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier's Life Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. Rundle] Reference
Thirty long days on a troopship, it is like time will never go by. From Wordnik.com. [Middle-aged women like to read about sex « Dating Jesus] Reference
He praised the Merchant Marines who ran his troopship, by the way. From Wordnik.com. [Some Responses to Comments] Reference
troopship after troopship had crossed the Channel carrying Sir John. From Wordnik.com. [Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters] Reference
He lingered saying good-by to new friends he'd made on the troopship. From Wordnik.com. [A MAN SENT FROM GOD] Reference
But I might fall down a ladder in a troopship and 'break my silly neck. From Wordnik.com. [Time Enough For Love]
Navy for use as a troopship that would be rechristened the USS Lafayette. From Wordnik.com. [An Art Deco Palais on the Seas] Reference
Waiting for us at the dock was our troopship HMT Antenor, well repaired we hoped. From Wordnik.com. [Coming of Age: 1939-1946] Reference
troopship after troopship floated over the horizon, bringing more Rraey into combat. From Wordnik.com. [Old Mans War] Reference
It was disembarked from the troopship near Tanga, and then moved against the position. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference
The troopship Covington, returning home from Brest, went down with a loss of seven men. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
I was posted to a battery at Meerut, and warned to be ready to start in an early troopship. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
She had gone on occasional troopship convoy when trouble broke loose on a surface somewhere. From Wordnik.com. [The Rebel Worlds]
Basheer asked him where he was when the war ended, and he said, On a troopship heading for Japan. From Wordnik.com. [March 28th, 2009] Reference
The little bastard's waited until the troopship is almost ready to land before agreeing to talk to me. From Wordnik.com. [Moonwar]
When we got orders to come home, I went first to Guam and got on a troopship with about 1,200 marines. From Wordnik.com. [Turmoil and Triumph] Reference
As a Private on a troopship, I would be isolated from my collaborators, and the same might well be true in Africa. From Wordnik.com. [An Autobiography]
If you really want to worry, then you should lament the lack of major troopship capacity available for requisition. From Wordnik.com. [Britannia Ruled the Waves] Reference
His own troopship was scheduled to reach Esquimalt, BC, the Canadian naval base near Victoria, some time in November. From Wordnik.com. [A MAN SENT FROM GOD] Reference
An inlet a half mile from the campsite is being prepared to house the troopship that will carry the Blessington invasion force. From Wordnik.com. [American Tabloid]
For Terran based troops, his quarters were nothing more than a closet, but aboard the troopship, they were considered almost lavish. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » 2010 » March : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
The Australian light cruiser Sydney was heading back towards Fremantle, having passed a Malaya-bound troopship on to its British escort. From Wordnik.com. [Sealing Their Fate] Reference
Your average troopship is filled with the sounds of people talking, laughing, yelling and going through the verbal motions of their lives. From Wordnik.com. [Old Mans War] Reference
I left England with the 14th Army on the troopship 'ORION' to India from where we came home on the American Warship the 'General Anderson'. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Cox] Reference
Tampa and that awful time on the troopship are over. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis] Reference
I thought I was goin 'to die in that troopship coming over here. From Wordnik.com. [Three Soldiers] Reference
The next morning they were at Folkestone, where the big troopship lay in the harbour. From Wordnik.com. [Tommy] Reference
Initial landings were from the Bibby Line troopship Devonshire which had sailed from the Far. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Thai Air in talks with Airbus and Boeing] Reference
The Army then sent the 69th to New Jersey, where they boarded at troopship bound for Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Arkansas Democrat-Gazette stories] Reference
Leonora ought never to have been on that troopship; but she got there somehow, as an economy. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Soldier] Reference
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