artilleryman
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artillerymen
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William Miller, an English artilleryman, joined the Peruvian fight against imperial Spain and became a pivotal figure in Peru’s bid for independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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
Before he signed a military contract in 2019, the artilleryman was a builder, who renovated apartments.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2022
Kropp asks an artilleryman who has been some time in this neighbourhood: “Is there a canteen anywhere abouts?”
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
A crackling sound on the radio sends instructions to artillerymen waiting inside a US-made M-109 Paladin howitzer.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2023
The artillerymen moved quickly to load their gun, toiling in the heat of a sunny June day.
From Reuters ● Jun. 19, 2023
Instead of rushing munitions to the front, the United States must also send the guns, while also providing training to artillerymen in another country.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022
If, that is, the artillerymen hear the safe word.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 26, 2017
On the third afternoon of the siege of Saint-Malo, the shelling lulls, as though all the artillerymen abruptly fell asleep at their guns.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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