Word: platooner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There was the snappy platoon leader in the Schiaprelli sports coat (He'd been to military academy) who said, "Column of files from the right, left file forward march" with the intrepidity of a seasoned Master Sergeant...
...then there was the powerful platoon of five souls who ventured across Broadway, only after sending two men out to stop traffic. As the three doughty soldiers-to-be crossed the broad and treacherous way...Strong men wept...
Portrait of a first-class Pfc.--Melvin Finger, who has finally returned to the comfortable obscurity of the Second Platoon, after more than two months in various positions of responsibility in Company...
Finger has a unique record as the only Pfc. thus far to hold the posts of squad leader, platoon guide, platoon sergeant, platoon commander, first sergeant, executive officer, and company commander--from the bottom right through to the top. He began his unusual tour of duty July 11, and was busy all the time, relinquishing the insignia of command on September...
Ever hear the one about the absent minded professor? Well, this is almost as good. A. J. Gregory, who was trying awfully hard to function as the leader of the third platoon on the way to chow the other day, got his signals mixed as we approached the outskirts of Harvard Union. "Column left," commanded Mr. Gregory, who promptly did a very next column right and marched down Quincy Street all by himself. The Platoon, which was hungry, marched straight ahead toward the Union's main entrance. "Oh, pardon me," apologized Mr. Gregory, scurrying back to the head...