Word: platooner
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...second platoon moved forward a land mine accidentally exploded in the face of a young lieutenant. He stopped a second, then crawled on with blood dripping from his chin. (Wounds: painful but minor.) Said he to another file: "Please look out for my rifle, will...
...caliber, semi-automatic carbine which is already in the hands of U.S. troops fighting in North Africa and the Pacific. A killer up to 500 yards, it is supplanting the pistols of company and platoon commanders...
...critics who call Camp White the Alcatraz of training camps, Charlie Gerhardt has an answer: "We are trying to guarantee every man that, by God, when his platoon leader takes him into action, he'll have a chance of getting back alive...
...final regimental review yesterday afternoon guidon streamers were presented to the color company the 6th and the first platoon of the 5th Company, the prize platoon. The review, which included a battle exhibition by the 18th section, was taken by Commander Macgowan, officer in charge of the school...
...Navy platoon was swinging along the roadway past Harvard Hall, headed for their class, but apparently the officer in charge failed to notice a truck parked right in the path of his men. As the student-officers marched resolutely and courageously onward towards the vehicle, the officer noticed the difficulty...