| The combat infantryman and combat medical badge have an honored place in our tradition of recognizing people who do war's dirty work. |
| Of all the conversations I had over those weeks, the one I recall the most was with an infantryman, a private first class. |
| I was a freelance journalist before I enlisted in the Australian Army in 1995 and eventually became an infantryman with two tours of duty to East Timor under my belt. |
| I saw a beautiful, dark-eyed French boy, dirtily clad, selling post cards of Lille to a good natured German infantryman. |
| My assignments were primarily as a tactical soldier in multiple divisions, both as an infantryman and an intelligence professional. |
| The basic British infantryman, like his French and German contemporaries, was issued with his uniform, webbing and a rifle with bayonet. |
