Sentence examples for a commando in from inspiring English sources

Having escaped from Nazi Germany as a child, he served as a commando in the Arab-Israeli war of 1948.

The cover acknowledges that the Abbottabad raid was a plus, though for some reason the editors chose not to commission an illustration showing Obama as a triumphant Lawrence of Arabia type, say, or a commando in full combat regalia.

THE assassination on January 4th of Salman Taseer by Malik Mumtaz Qadri, a commando in his security detail, contained a chilling message: the Barelvi sect of Islam has become a militant new force in Pakistani politics.

He was better known, however, for his exploits as a commando in the resistance movement, in particular his role in a daring raid in 1943 on a Norwegian hydroelectric plant feared to be sought by Germany as a source of atomic power; after extensive planning, he and others successfully destroyed the facility's supply of heavy water.

His wartime exploits included service as a beachmaster during the Normandy landings of June 1944, a spell as a commando in Combined Operations, and service in the Far East, where he records being captured and imprisoned by the Japanese.

Army officials recovered 11 bodies earlier this week in a commando raid in the Iraqi city of Nasiriya that rescued Private Lynch, and determined that 9 were Americans.

One afternoon as I was sitting in a government waiting room, a commando came in and put a DVD in the player in the entertainment system.

—Joshua Yaffa During his short time in office, President Trump has authorized the stepped-up U.S. bombing of ISIS positions in Syria and Iraq, a commando raid in Yemen, and, on Thursday, a Tomahawk-missile attack on a Syrian government airfield.

But what were only hypothetical concerns on the campaign trail are now life-and-death decisions inside the White House – as evidenced by the death of a Navy commando in a botched raid in Yemen on Jan . 29

On May 18, Moshe Dayan, who had been born in Degania, was given command of all forces in the area, after having been charged without creating a commando battalion in the 8th Brigade just a day before.

Next came a commando course in the Scottish Highlands, where they learned about guns and explosives.