Word: platooned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...judges. His demeanor was an understandable result of a week of remarkable courtroom dramatics. McKeon himself had provided the first highlight. Taking the stand in his own defense, he made a convincing witness as he told the court that his only concern, even as he led his platoon through a tidal swamp, had been for his troops-that if they failed to learn the need for discipline, they might "crumble" in combat...
...regulations were entered in the record. A witness recited the tide tables. The court made a trip to the scene of the Ribbon Creek tragedy; Sergeant McKeon stood with his judges on the grassy bank, and stared expressionless into the dark water. Back in the steaming auditorium, survivors of Platoon 71 told of the death march. When he first joined Platoon 71, Private Earl Grabowski, 18, had been known as a crybaby; now, with manful calm, he told of the march, sparing neither McKeon, the platoon nor the Marine Corps. Said Grabowski: "We knew that McKeon was serious, that...
Here or Hereafter? On the question of discipline, Staff Sergeant Edward Huff, a weathery, leathery Marine who was senior drill instructor over McKeon, agreed with Grabowski.* Huff said he had been dissatisfied with the platoon and has threatened its members: "If you don't snap out of your hockey, I'll take you down to the swamps." Huff said he had every intention of doing just that, but "I had a training schedule and I didn't have time." McKeon, said Huff, was an outstanding D.I. "He done his work, he done it well, and he never...
...Hello, Ma'am," said McKeon stiffly. "Your son was one of the finest boys in my platoon, and I am terribly sorry this all happened." Replied Mrs. Meek: "The Lord says don't hate nobody. If you're guilty, you will be punished." Replied McKeon: "If I'm guilty, I would rather be punished here than in the hereafter." Tears came to his eyes. Then he braced himself, disciplined his emotion, set his face sternly. He returned to the auditorium and to the scene of his trial...
...Another index of discipline: of Platoon 71's 68 survivors, 63 were sent from Camp Lejeune to Parris Island for possible use as witnesses in the court-martial. Of these, two promptly went over the hill. Of the five not at Parris Island, one is in the hospital, one is AWOL, one has deserted, one is being held for commanding officer's punishment, one is in the brig...