Word: lifers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trial for the murder of a white sergeant. For some time Clayborne had felt "hassled" by whites in general. Last September he grabbed his M16, put it on automatic and gunned down the sergeant and two other soldiers in three quick bursts. As he fired, he repeatedly screamed "Lifer!"-a derisive term for a career soldier...