Word: platooner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lieut. William D. Hawkins, a Texan, led his platoon into the coconut palms. Though twice wounded, he refused to retire. He personally cleaned out six machine-gun nests, sometimes by standing on top of a half-track and firing at four or five Japs who fired back from blockhouses. One of Hawkins' men sobbed: "My buddy was shot in the throat. He was bleeding like hell and saying in a low voice, 'Help me, help me!' I had to turn my head...
...thrifty characters of the first platoon who subscribed 100 per cent to War Bond allotments look down on their wastrel classmates...
...problem is to get blanket rolls up to the front. A soldier needs three blankets against the cold and rain. But he cannot carry them and fight, too. Usually a platoon, when it moves on, leaves its rolls to be picked up by trucks. But trucks are hard to get, and they have a hard time reaching the platoon by night...
Attended by loyal friends, Marjorie Burt and Bob Yingst of the eighth platoon were married Octobar 15. This was the first of a rash which has broken out in our company. The following week Betty McNaron wed elderly Ensign Kessler, whom everyone had believed to be a confirmed bachelor...
Milton Saul the Moss Hart among many wrote and acted in the seventh platoon skit which had them in the aisles. He was given the highest tribute when on of his gags (the overcoat one) was widely quoted...