as in soldier
a person engaged in military service
wishing our servicemen overseas the best of luck
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Jeannette opted to work in her later years at the A&P supermarket in North Judson and eventually retired from the A&P
In 1945, Jeannette married serviceman Frank H. Ono, and soon her son Terry and daughter Genelle were born.
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
What To Know The attack on Pearl Harbor killed 2,403 U.S. servicemen, with nearly half perishing aboard the USS Arizona.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Russian servicemen at a front-line hospital in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, on Sunday.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2025
Carter authorized a secret military mission to rescue the hostages in April 1980, but it was aborted at the desert staging area; during the withdrawal, eight servicemen were killed when a helicopter crashed into a transport aircraft.
—Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
What To Know The attack on Pearl Harbor killed 2,403 U.S. servicemen, with nearly half perishing aboard the USS Arizona.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Russian servicemen at a front-line hospital in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, on Sunday.
—Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2025
Carter authorized a secret military mission to rescue the hostages in April 1980, but it was aborted at the desert staging area; during the withdrawal, eight servicemen were killed when a helicopter crashed into a transport aircraft.
—Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Serviceman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serviceman. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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