Sentence examples for marines were shot from inspiring English sources

Two marines were shot but their injuries were not life-threatening.

Two Marines were shot and wounded on Saturday.

Instead, Lance Corporal Buckley became the 1,990th American service member to die in the war when, on Aug. 10, he and two other Marines were shot inside their base in Helmand Province by a man who appears to have been a member of the Afghan forces they were training.

And in 2012, three Marines were shot and killed at a U.S. base in Helmand Province by a 17-year-old Afghan "tea boy" who may also have been the sex slave of a warlord ally stationed there -- possibly in retaliation for the Marines' failure to intervene in the situation.

WALLACE KAENZIG's war story, like so many others, conveyed the fear and dread of American marines being shot at in the sand by an unseen enemy.

Last week, a marine was shot to death after being mistaken for the enemy, the Pentagon said.

The sight of a 20-year-old Marine being shot and killed in a firefight is shocking and heartbreaking.

His son, a Marine, was shot 3 times in Iraq but Mr Taft nonetheless thinks we need to see the war through.

On December 16 , 1989 in an altercation involving Noriega's troops and U.S. military men, a U.S. marine was shot and killed in Panama City.

One marine was shot in the chin and stomach and died during surgery in a military hospital in Kuwait City, Pentagon officials said.

Dozens of Iraqis are believed to have died during the battle and at least one marine was shot dead by a sniper during the fight on Friday.