Canadian soldier
Americannoun
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They became a symbol of remembrance after 1915, when Canadian soldier and surgeon John McCrae wrote the poem In Flanders Fields, ending with the lines "we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders fields".
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2021
Once, Hikmat told me, a Canadian soldier who searched him at the entrance found ten thousand dollars.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 7, 2016
Within minutes, this former Canadian soldier had spotted an abundance of both.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 14, 2015
O CANADA: On the night a Canadian soldier was killed while guarding the national war memorial in Ottawa, Pittsburgh fans sang an emotional rendition of “O Canada” before the Penguins game against Philadelphia.
From Washington Times • Dec. 24, 2014
“They’re a bad bunch,” said one Canadian soldier.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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