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...Company arrived in Viet Nam in February 1968, and was assigned to Task Force Barker, a three-company search-and-destroy unit located a few miles from the hamlet at a firebase on Viet Nam Highway No. 1. Almost from the moment it arrived, C Company suffered daily casualties. Most of the mayhem was caused by mines and booby traps, and they were particularly plentiful in and around My Lai. By mid-March, the company, had lost a third of its original strength of more than 100 men. One day, a 155 mm. shell rigged as a booby trap killed...
...George Barker. and John Quirk, who had a great finishing kick. crossed the line tightly bunched in that order, all easily breaking the course record...
...Close behind New were Marshall Jones, George Barker and Mary Connelly, all of Harvard. Dave Elliou, recovering quickly after being sidelined with a seriously sprained ankie, finished a strong seventh overell Jeff Brokaw also continued to show improvement, finishing twelfth...
...George Barker ran his best race of the year, and led until the last 100 yards of the 3.3-mile course, when Quirk burst past him in a sprinting finish. Dartmouth's Tom Shiland came in third, even though three Harvard runners-Marshall Jones, Mark Connolly, and Tom New-made strong final rushes and almost caught him. The time interval between Quirk and New was only 24 seconds...
Quirk whose winning time of 15:31.4 was 1.2 seconds faster than the previous record set in 1965. has won every freshman meet this year. Tom New and George Barker finished second and third for the Crimson. Cornell's Tom Cahill came in fourth one-half second ahead of Harvard's Marshall Jones, while Mark Connolly finished sixth, just 35 seconds behind Quirk...