war story
Veteran's dramatic account
A war story is an account of military combat experience, told by someone who was there.
The term extends to any dramatic retelling of past struggles or adventures, especially professional ones: He launched into a war story about his days in investment banking.
War stories often grow more colorful with repetition.
Spoken or written narrative
- yarnTwisted strand for crafts
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- accountRecord of dealings
- narrationVerbal account delivery
reminiscence · episode · memoir · retelling · firsthand · embellishment · exaggeration · digression
Boldness before danger
- courageFortitude facing danger
- gallantryCourage, especially in combat
- medalMetal honor token
- valorCourage in danger
sacrifice · selflessness · rescue · daring · fearlessness · citation · Purple Heart · Bronze Star
Combat engagement area
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- firefightExchange of gunfire
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
barrage · frontline · engagement · skirmish · shelling · crossfire · assault · patrol
Kinship among men
- comradesClose allies in cause
- unitIndividual part or measure
- squadSmall working group
- platoonSmall infantry formation
battalion · bonding · loyalty · fellowship · solidarity · kinship · esprit de corps · brothers-in-arms
Sustained effort capacity
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- POWCaptured military personnel
escape · evasion · rationing · foraging · shelter · resourcefulness · starvation · captivity
Organized effort toward goal
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- liberationRelease from constraint
- armisticeAgreement to cease hostilities
treaty · D-Day · Pacific · Vietnam · Korea · Gulf · Afghanistan · documentary
tale
Spoken or written narrative
- yarnTwisted strand for crafts
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- accountRecord of dealings
narration · reminiscence · episode · memoir · retelling · firsthand · embellishment · exaggeration · digression · rambling
bravery
Boldness before danger
valor · sacrifice · selflessness · rescue · daring · fearlessness · citation · Purple Heart · Bronze Star · distinguished
battlefield
Combat engagement area
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
- firefightExchange of gunfire
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
artillery · barrage · frontline · engagement · skirmish · shelling · crossfire · assault · patrol · extraction
brotherhood
Kinship among men
platoon · battalion · bonding · loyalty · fellowship · solidarity · kinship · esprit de corps · brothers-in-arms · foxhole
endurance
Sustained effort capacity
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
POW · escape · evasion · rationing · foraging · shelter · resourcefulness · starvation · captivity · liberation
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- liberationRelease from constraint
armistice · treaty · D-Day · Pacific · Vietnam · Korea · Gulf · Afghanistan · documentary · archive
- talestale, funny stories, tall tales, yarns, folk tale
- nonfictionbiography, autobiography, biographies, memoir, documentary
- heroic taleshero's journey, epic poem, saga, odyssey, quest
- narrativesnovel, memoir, fable, tale, novella
- epicIliad, Odyssey, Beowulf, Aeneid, Gilgamesh
- storiestale, tales, myth, legend, fable
war storylove story
Narrative of romantic involvement
romance · fairy tale · success story · bedtime story · travelogue
war storyunvarnished truth
Reality stated without softening
war, story, history, warrior, warfare, storied, storybook, storyteller, warring