All Soviet citizens were called on to fight, and soldiers who surrendered had failed in their duty.
When the soldiers failed to find the governor, they decided to go for second prize-his papers.
During the same instance, a red soldier searched the home in which Wolfe was a guest, but failed to see her.
The soldiers assigned to guard the port had also failed to turn back the mobs.
A soldier fails in his attempts at picking up a number of women and falls asleep on a park bench.
But Army officials say fewer than a dozen soldiers have failed to show up on time, and most of them had extenuating family circumstances.
One soldier simply failed to wake up in the pallid mountain dawn.
They could always be brought in to quell riots when soldiers failed.
The following morning the soldiers performed their sweep but failed to find the enemy, who were already gone.
Many former soldiers failed to find jobs, however, and some remained unemployed for years after they returned home.