He was a reluctant soldier, but felt that it was his duty.

He made his first screen appearance in Seven Days to Noon in 1950, playing a reluctant soldier obliged to shoot a psychotic scientist.

Mandella is a very reluctant soldier (and even more so, officer), whose pacifistic leanings and somewhat resigned attitude are at odds with his tasks.

I was a reluctant soldier.

The leg that had so easily followed her brain's instructions five minutes before was now an absolutely reluctant soldier.

The reluctant Georgian soldiers split up and climbed into the trucks.

Enter Ernie Williams, a most reluctant American soldier.

Although he was twice decorated,Richert was a reluctant soldier who was willing to stand up to authority - and to avoid risks - in order to survive.

Remember, Morton - you are a draft dodger, a man of peace, a reluctant soldier.

She had enlisted for college money, with an eye toward teaching kindergarten; she was, in the classic American tradition, a reluctant soldier.