Word: platooned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Guess I'm one of Harris' sissy, misguided squirts. I don't play football, but I do go to college and did put my time in in a rifle company in Korea. While platoon sergeant, I had a colored corporal for a squad leader, and any time a guy such as Corporal Hamp ton can't go where I go, let Brother Harris step up, and this sissy will kick...
Nearly two weeks after V Corps had marched away, his newfound friends in Ginsheim finally told Army authorities about the abandoned sentry. Frenchy's platoon leader scurried over in a jeep. " 'Get your stuff, Frenchy,' he told me. 'We're going back.' I says, 'What about the boats?' He said: The hell with the goddamn boats...
...injuries were due to the present rule." Frequently, he finds "Injuries are just a matter of luck." The varsity coach then contradicted many opponents of the rule when he commented, "I saw technical perfection this year, and I also saw spirit over and above what we had in two-platoon football...
...just appeasement." He felt that once a placement booter was exempted from the rule the coaches would then seek to have the holder immunized, and after that they'd want a special center for extra points and perhaps a new set of guards. To Jordan, there is one-platoon football and two-platoon football, and "there isn't any between...
Third lines may make the difference tonight. Kelley credits his victory over Northeastern to his use of a five-man, two-platoon third line and the three resulting goals...