soldiers' home

noun

Origin of soldiers' home

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

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Thank You For Your Service follows some of those same soldiers home to Fort Riley, Kansas.
The Battle with PTSD After the Fighting Stops | Matt Gallagher | October 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
There were no glorious towns to load the soldiers home with spoils, nor pleasant vineyards to refresh them with wine.
Irish History and the Irish Question | Goldwin Smith
Do you think it will take a longer or a shorter time to bring the soldiers home than it did to send them to France?
A School History of the Great War | Albert E. McKinley, Charles A. Coulomb, and Armand J. Gerson
Dressed in khaki, she meets soldiers home on leave, leading them to comfortable shelters.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 28th, 1916 | Various
Pillage my house for arms as your friends gutted the Soldiers Home at Paris.
The Hero of the People | Alexandre Dumas

I returned from the field of surrender and stopped at Maynards farm, where the Soldiers Home now is.
Life Gleanings | T. J. Macon

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