Word: legging
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...PREAKNESS (CBS, 5-6 p.m.). The 94th running of the Preakness, which is the second leg of the Triple Crown, from Maryland's Pimlico race track...
...sniper's bullet fractures a Marine's leg, yet he continues carrying a wounded squad mate on a stretcher for a mile to the evacuation area. Hot shrapnel severs the leg muscles of another Marine so badly that doctors later say that he should have been unable to walk, yet he runs more than 200 yards to a medical-aid station. A man with a smashed knee crawls 40 yards to a mortar position, props himself on his elbows, and helps load shells for five hours before reporting his wound...
Dauntless Hangover. Initially, at least, heroism leaves a hangover of dauntlessness. Most of the wounded men insisted-some for as long as two days -that they could return to their units immediately. When a doctor told one man with a missing toe that his leg would not have to be amputated, the soldier smiled. "Great," he said. "I can go right back to my squad." Almost all of the victims were able to toss off nonchalant quips about their plight. In a Danang hospital, an interviewer asked an amputee what had happened to him. "Some bastard stepped on a mine...
Panic was their principal symptom. It is not hard to see why. In the wolf-pack society of the cattle and mining towns where most of the man-killers hung their Stetsons, the gunfighter was top dog and therefore fair game for every pup that put metal on his leg. Inevitably, the hot shots became permanently over-adrenalized. In addition to a brace of hog-legs, anxious brawlers carried as many as four "stingy guns" concealed in their clothing. Even the great Wyatt Earp grew so tense, one story goes, that his bowels refused to move properly for a year...
...Jack Fadden Award, named for Harvard's amiable athletic trainer, was given to Ignacio. It recognizes an athlete who has overcome physical adversity to make a contribution to his team. Fallen arches and leg injuries have plagued Ignacio, who was a cornerback for the football team in addition to captain of this spring's baseball team. He now leads the Eastern League in batting...