Word: platoonic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...matter went to Wisconsin's Congressman Lawrence Smith. Still no luck-Mickey had served so well at training centers that the War Department considered him "essential" to the 49th Infantry Scout Dog Platoon at Camp Butner...
...Walk in the Sun. Filming of Harry Brown's story of a U.S. platoon in action...
Spartanburg, S.C. was torn between pride and embarrassment this autumn when a local boy named Thomas Eugene Atkins came home a hero. Few soldiers of World War II had fought more gallantly-with his hip shattered by a bullet, the rest of his platoon dead around him in the Luzon jungles, quiet, steady-eyed Pfc. Gene Atkins had kept "taking a sight" on Jap attackers, had killed 44 of them. He had been flown home on a bomber to meet the President and get the Congressional Medal of Honor. But when he got back to Spartanburg, the hero...
...Platoon Sergeant Charles Henry Smith, U.S.M.C., can go back to civilian life any time he wants. He has 232 points, three campaign ribbons with 17 Pacific battle stars and a chestful of decorations, including the Navy Cross. He also carries 39 pieces of shrapnel, a Jap bullet in his shoulder and another in his spine. But this week, as the Marine Corps celebrated its 170th birthday, indestructible, 27-year-old Sergeant Smith was glad to tell reporters that he was not going to be a civilian. He is a professional marine...
After basic will come specialized training, with strong emphasis on weapons, radio, radar, other technical aspects of modern warfare. At first the trainee will work with squad or platoon, then with a regimental team, finally in combined maneuvers such as amphibious landings. Maneuvers will be held at large camps like Sill or Benning, which have both room and equipment...