"gravel cruncher" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1952, Naval Aviation News, page 9:",
          "text": "They developed a tremendous respect for the gravel crunchers after sweating out a few rounds of artillery and observing at painfully close range how rocky a Korean hill can be.",
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          "ref": "2012, Daniel Denison, Robert Hooijberg, Nancy Lane, Leading Culture Change in Global Organizations:",
          "text": "Nonaka seized on the critical importance of those who stormed the beaches first—the “gravel crunchers” as the Marines called them. It was a dangerous job.",
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        "A member of the military who is deployed on the ground rather than airborne."
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        "(US, military, slang) A member of the military who is deployed on the ground rather than airborne."
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        "government",
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  "word": "gravel cruncher"
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        "(US, military, slang) A member of the military who is deployed on the ground rather than airborne."
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