One does not ask a combat veteran, "Did you kill anyone in the war?"
The men had the look of combat veterans, despite their apparent youth.
It wouldn't do for him to be caught thinking like a combat veteran and an officer.
A combat veteran knew the sounds of hell on earth.
The war never seems to end for some combat veterans.
I'm going to need every combat veteran I can get my hands on.
The door opened a moment after the combat veterans had all arrived.
Most of his later work was based on interviews with combat veterans.
By November 1945 81,000 combat veterans had been returned to private life.
"In case you're interested, you aren't the first combat veterans to come back."