Sentences with phrase «soldier in a former life»

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Early on, in a radical act of dispossession, Francis broke decisively with his former life as a soldier and playboy.

Forty former Bowie students gave their lives during World War II, most of them as members of Company E, whose ranks were steadily thinned through the Italian campaign, from Salerno to San Pietro to the slaughter at the Rapido River, where over two days in January 1944 German soldiers killed, wounded or captured virtually every GI not swept to his death by the current.

Despite former Mayor Richard M. Daley's much - ballyhooed push for new parks and playgrounds, one - half of Chicago's 2.7 million people still live in community areas that fail to meet the city's own modest standard: For every 1,000 people, there should be 2 acres of open space, an area roughly the size of Soldier Field's entire playing surface.

A former Army bomb disposal officer and business development executive, Crossman has been instrumental in the development of numerous life - saving technologies, including the bomb suit featured in the Oscar - winning movie, The Hurt Locker, Advanced Combat Helmet impact pads, roadside bomb jammers used by the United States Marine Corp, and, most recently, helmet impact sensors used by U.S. Army and USMC to help detect traumatic brain injury (TBI) in deployed soldiers and Marines.

Jacques Audiard)- North American Premiere Winner of the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes, this powerful drama from director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet, Rust & Bone) follows a former Tamil Tiger soldier as he flees from the aftermath of the Sri Lankan civil war to begin a new life in a Parisian suburb.

Amongst those who live through the crash are several prominent characters; Jack (Matthew Fox), a skilled surgeon who becomes the unofficial leader of the group; Kate (Evangeline Lilly), a beautiful, but tough woman with a dark past; Sayid (Naveen Andrews), a former Iraqi soldier who is good with electronics; Michael (Harold Perrineau), a head - strong man who has just recently taken custody of his son, Walt (Malcom David Kelley); Claire (Emilie de Ravin), a young woman who is 8 - months pregnant; Charlie (Dominic Monaghan), a washed - up rock star who clings to his band's one hit; Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) and Sun (Yoon - jin Kin), a Korean couple who don't speak English; Hurley (Jorge Garcia), an obese young man who is very laid back; Locke (Terry O'Quinn), a man who seems to know about hunting and weapons; Sawyer (Josh Holloway), a scoundrel who hordes items he finds in the wreckage; and Boone (Ian Somerhalder) and Shannon (Maggie Grace), spoiled rich - kids siblings.

As in «The Best Years of Our Lives,» the lives of the soldiers» mates are central to the story: Saskia Schumann (Hayley Bennett) is as loyal to her husband as he is to his former platoon - mates, while the late James Doster's wife Amanda (Amy Schumer, in a rare and effective dramatic turn), stays connected to her friends while struggling to find out exactly what happened to her husLives,» the lives of the soldiers» mates are central to the story: Saskia Schumann (Hayley Bennett) is as loyal to her husband as he is to his former platoon - mates, while the late James Doster's wife Amanda (Amy Schumer, in a rare and effective dramatic turn), stays connected to her friends while struggling to find out exactly what happened to her huslives of the soldiers» mates are central to the story: Saskia Schumann (Hayley Bennett) is as loyal to her husband as he is to his former platoon - mates, while the late James Doster's wife Amanda (Amy Schumer, in a rare and effective dramatic turn), stays connected to her friends while struggling to find out exactly what happened to her husband.

Bruno is a former soldier who has embraced the pleasures and slow rhythms of country life — living in his restored shepherd's cottage; patronizing the weekly market; sparring with, and basically ignoring, the European Union bureaucrats from Brussels.

If you're looking for a gung ho story of military heroism, or a polemic on the Iraqi War, Blood Brothers is not for you - this is not a political book (at least not overtly) and while there are heroes aplenty in its pages, Blood Brothers focuses on what happens to the soldiers who return from the front a fraction of their former selves, and how they, and their families, learn to live with horrific and life altering injuries long after the media, and most likely the military, has lost interest in them.

Creators Christos Gage may have created a new genre, «geezer noir,» with his graphic novel Sunset, the tale of an old soldier and former hitman who sets off after his old boss when he fears his ex-wife and child are in peril: ««He's got this craggy face and you see his life written in the lines of his face, and black and white makes that so much more powerful,» the writer says.

Final Fantasy VII Remake, which retells the story of the original game, follows Cloud Strife, a former Shinra soldier who joins the AVALANCHE eco-terrorist group as a mercenary to fight against the Shinra corporation, who have been draining the planet's life energy, only to become involved in something much bigger.

In 2010 Shames was named a Purpose Prize Fellow for his work helping these AIDs orphans, former child soldiers, and children living in refugee camIn 2010 Shames was named a Purpose Prize Fellow for his work helping these AIDs orphans, former child soldiers, and children living in refugee camin refugee camps

«The trends are not good, and if I just sat around in my former life as a soldier, if I just waited around for someone to walk in and say, «This is with a hundred percent certainty,» I'd be waiting forever,» he said.

Mast, a former Army sergeant who lost both legs to injuries suffered in Afghanistan, wrote that «seeing death first hand while having to hold your fellow soldiers as the last breath went out of them — gives you a perspective on life and the value of humanity that few other experiences can match.

«As a former soldier in the United States Army, I know strength and bravery pale in comparison to the struggles of progressing through life alone.