What is "jerries"

Usage examples of "jerries".

The Jerries had no electronics, rejected paper money, and disapproved almost all proposed imports.

Herded by officers and sergeants, the disembarking Jerries saw a world looking not greatly unlike New Jerusalem or Terra: the sky was blue, the vegetation green.

The briefing we received on the Jerries was long on generalities but short on details.

Fong had trained with the 4th Terran Infantry, and some of these Jerries were already stronger than most of his buddies had been when they finished their training.

A few weeks earlier the Jerries would have had serious problems with its language, but they'd been immersed in military life, and had already learned a lot.

For Jerries who'd never seen dramatic video before—or video at all till they'd come to Camp Stenders—it had to be a truly powerful experience.

From there he'd be able to see if any of the Jerries he'd met at North Fork got off.

Few if any of his Jerries had seen ice cream before they'd joined the army.

The tallest man in E Company was a Private Moses Wheeler, who at five feet eleven was one of the tallest Jerries in the division.

But at the same time, he felt that in bringing the matter up, he'd insulted his Jerries, just a little.

The firefight settled to a more measured exchange, the Jerries firing short bursts now, rolling sideways for target disruption, seating fresh slugs as needed.

Magnesium charges flashed brilliantly, and armor petards roared, as 3rd Platoon's Jerries worked and fought, destroying and dying along the rows of tanks.

He ran over to it, and finding two Jerries kneeling in a large fork, joined them.

One of the Jerries commented that it looked like a "pecan" orchard, referring to a native species of nut trees.

Woody fruit stalks, from what the Jerries called "cedars," served as trees.