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The morning after the corporal's death, none of the Marines in his squad wanted to pick up the metal detector and take the lead on the next patrol.
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Voie get through the trauma of the corporal's death.
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He conceded after the lance corporal's departure that he hoped the wounded rifleman would be sent home.
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Born in Ohio and raised in Indiana, Bierce was among the corporal's guard of American writers who fought in the Civil War.
Lacerating Wit, Seasoned Cynic Bill Kauffman 2011
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A Marine Corps report, provided to the lance corporal's family, concluded the tank crew was unaware of the sniper team's position and mistakenly believed "it was being engaged by an enemy force due to viewing...what appeared to be a flash of glare and a scoped weapon."
Tank Chief Is Charged in Death Of Marine Michael M. Phillips 2012
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Daemus turned to face the soldier addressing him, a smooth-faced lad in a conspicuously dry uniform and a corporal's insignia on his collar.
Dust and Blood Ricardo Federico 2011
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He conceded after the lance corporal's departure that he hoped the wounded rifleman would be sent home.
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Poorly planted, by politics, illy attended, by politics, decimated and many times repeatedly decimated by the hostile forces of their environment, a straggling corporal's guard of survivors, they thrust their branches, twisted and distorted, as if writhing in agony, into the air.
CHAPTER XXI 2010
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We laughed about my leaving her my life savings, which amounted to the three hundred and forty-five dollars I'd put together on a corporal's pay.
Moving Day Robert Olen Butler 2010
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There was machine-gun fire audible in the distance, and Gunner got no more than 20 or 30 feet before he changed his mind and circled back to the corporal's side.
Even His Red Squeak Toy Can't Get First Sgt. Gunner, USMC, to Fight Michael M. Phillips 2010
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