Addressed usually to a soldier in uniform who does not have a special rank. ‘Come, my young soldier, put up your iron,’ says Sir Toby Belch to Sebastian, in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night (4:ii). The term is used elsewhere in the plays,...

All are not soldiers who go to war. (Spanish) At once a good general and a stout soldier. (Roman) Old soldiers never die. (Danish) Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away. (American) Soldiers must be well paid, and well hanged. (German) The best...

Soldiering: Life In Combat Timeline 1898 ∼ Spanish American War 200,000 men volunteer for the Spanish American War (1898) / U.S. fleet conquers the Spanish navy in a one-day fight at Manila Bay in the Philippines (1898) / Only 17,000 U.S. troops...

A soldier is a member of a nation's military. The word "soldier" specifically refers to members of the army who are without officer's commission. In most armies of the world, soldiers who are not officers can work their way through the ranks to obtain a...

What started more than 30 years ago as a childhood passion for Nick DiVincenzo has turned into his life's work. As is the case with many children, the Euclid resident spent much of his time playing with toy soldiers. When he was 17...

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It was not your typical V.F.W. reunion. First off, most of the war vets were Communists, either current or former, possibly Anarchists. (At least one could quote Bakunin.) Also, most of them had been spied on at some point by the F.B.I. Welcome to the...

Iraq War: In reporting new U.S. casualty figures, the media have once again buried the good news. Fewer GIs are dying of injuries thanks to medical innovations. And new armor's reducing even the number of injuries.Still, the Washington Post couldn't resist splashing bad news across...