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...Yardlings will use their "two-platoon" system, with center Doug Manchester and wings Ned Bliss and Scott Coolidge leading one, and captain Bob Marsolais sparking the other. Carl Hathaway will be in the goal, with Jim Moynahan and Ed Mrkonich at the defense slots...
...Platoon, Half! In Detroit, Corporal William J. Thompson sued 2nd Lieut. Ruth E. Thompson for divorce, charged: "She throws her rank around...
Connie died on June 2, 1951, near Chipo, Korea, at the summit of a heavily defended hill which his company had been attacking without success for two days. When his platoon leader was wounded on the third day, Connie took over. The assault party was pinned down by intense fire from automatic weapons in fortified emplacements above them. Connie crept forward, knocked out the first two positions with hand grenades, and organized a new assault. He was badly wounded. The platoon was driven back by a hail of explosives. Undaunted, he regrouped his men and led them forward once more...
Then the second quintet, led by Sonay Woodman's seven points, doubled the margin to 42 to 20 at the half. The third platoon played the entire last half, with John Green scoring 16 points to take the honors for the night...
Huntington has been using a two-platoon system, switching two well balanced teams...