Sentence examples for affection for soldiers from inspiring English sources

Later, Sterne expressed his affection for soldiers through his portraits in Tristram Shandy of the gentle uncle Toby and Corporal Trim.

As affection for the soldiers served and respect for the armed forces have risen, so has contempt for the political leadership behind Britain's continuing wars.

The U.S.O. is often imagined as an institution that sprang out of Americans' abiding loyalty and affection for its soldiers, but in fact its origins reflect what was even then a complicated relationship between the public and the troops.

In the capital, people are organising a collection for the French helicopter pilot who was killed in action (there are, it has to be said, similar feelings of affection for wounded Malian soldiers).

A sequel of sorts to Sherman's "Stoic Warriors: The Ancient Philosophy Behind the Military Mind," "The Untold War" is likewise animated by the author's admiration and affection for the many soldiers and sailors she has encountered in the course of her research.

Animals bolstered morale at the front, due to the soldiers' affection for them.

When an exasperated Lincoln finally relieved him of command, McClellan's soldiers yelled their continuing affection for their sacked hero, and many of them wept unashamedly.

(Many studies of combat have shown that the bonds of affection between soldiers tend to matter more to cohesion and morale than the grand ideological purposes — or lack thereof — that they're fighting for).

The place for soldiers was in barracks.

Yet, as a former soldier, Dunne had a particular affection for infantrymen; so it is no great surprise to learn that at the time of his death he was researching a book on American patriotism.

Although most Russians want him to reduce crime and cut corruption, soldiers' mothers, fathers and wives do not share his affection for the military and secret police.