Word: platooner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...every night of our lives is spent upon the books as several instructors noticed one morning last week. A good part of the platoon had a taste of beer and spaghetti (with meat balls) at a little party for which we owe thanks to the Lieutenant who obligingly forgot, for the night, our performances at past inspections. We doubt whether the Navy can show us a man who can hold a candle to "Turk" as far as "chug-a-lugging" is concerned...
...have another married man in the Platoon. Best wishes to you Wiarda. ... Despite Delia's red car and its reputation, he and Sevy finally managed to get dates last Saturday. You lucky girls...
Bonnie A. Little was a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps at the time of his death, although his new commission had not caught up with him. Eyewitness accounts relayed back to his home in Geneva tell how Captain Little led his platoon of amphibious tractors onto the beach in the first assault wave. All men in his tractor were killed except him before the landing was made. Singlehanded, Little pushed on to wipe out a Japanese machine-gun position before he was fatally wounded...
...platoon sergeant he led men across the blood-dyed Rapido River three times, and three times had to pull back before overwhelming enemy strength. In combat reports Kelly is officially credited with killing at least 40 Germans. Admiring fellow infantrymen rib him as "Commando" Kelly, or "The One-Man Army...
...naked finger there. Our unit had been stopped and the outfit on the right had been slow in jumping off. The Colonel got the first unit again and roared: "Are you advancing? Wotthehell you doing, digging into defensive positions?" He called the second unit: "I want that first goddamned platoon up north to help. Now get 'em going quick...