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Leon was an infantryman in the Army from August 2013 to December 2016 and served in the Texas National Guard from December 2016 to May 2021, according to Surridge.—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025 The objective is to take the small encampment at the base of the ridge ahead, which should be simple enough with three squads of four infantrymen.—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025 In 2003: Qusay and Uday Hussein, sons of Iraqi dictator Sadam Hussein, were killed by U.S. Special Forces and infantrymen from 101st Airborne after a three-hour firefight in the city of Mosul, Iraq.—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 23 July 2025 Abraham was born in New York in 1924 and went on to serve as an infantryman in the U.S. Army in the 1940s before building his fortune on the Thompson Medical Company — which his father, a dentist, bought for $5,000 in 1947.—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for infantryman
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