artilleryman
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artillerymen
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In 1918, from the trenches on the Macedonian front, a 31-year-old German artilleryman sent his mother postcards covered in fragments of a philosophical system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Their oldest brother, Rudy, was also a Vietnam War veteran, an artilleryman.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2023
Wagner’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said Dmitry Peskov had approached him and asked him to take his son on as an artilleryman.
From Reuters ● Apr. 23, 2023
The clip was meant to reassure relatives back in Russia that his sudden transition to frontline artilleryman was coming along just fine.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
A spotter reads coordinates into the headpiece, and an artilleryman repeats them back.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
According to the report, the mercenaries operated as part of the Desert Wolves brigade, serving as drone pilots, artillerymen and instructors.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
The artillerymen moved quickly to load their gun, toiling in the heat of a sunny June day.
From Reuters ● Jun. 19, 2023
If, that is, the artillerymen hear the safe word.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 26, 2017
For example, the Coriolis Effect must be taken into account by artillerymen calculating the trajectory of artillery shells for accuracy in hitting targets over long distances.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Forced to abandon their gunboats, the sailors became artillerymen manning the defenses on land at Bladensburg.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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