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Definition
the people expected to obey orders in an organization — such as employees of a firm or soldiers in the military
- The young American president was attempting a deft diplomatic maneuver, hoping to confront a very real threat by not allowing U.S. military personnel actually to take part.p. 50.7
- All navy and marine personnel are about to have their duty tours extended indefinitely.p. 119.8
- General Mai Huu Xuan of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) leads a convoy consisting of an armored personnel carrier and two jeeps into the church courtyard.p. 230.6
- Soldiers then tie the hands of the president and his brother behind their backs, and the two are placed inside an armored personnel carrier—ostensibly for their own protection.p. 230.8
- Airport personnel leave their desks inside the terminal and jostle into position near the chain-link fence separating the runway from the parking lot.p. 257.5
- It is Dave Powers, not hospital personnel, who finally sets aside his tears and lifts Connally out by the legs and onto a gurney.p. 273.9
There are no more uses of "personnel" in Killing Kennedy.
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