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Corporal James Hines, 22, of Forest City, Iowa, was not even in the building but was sleeping in a tent about 20 yds. away. "I heard somebody yell to stop the truck, then I saw a flash of light." Entangled in debris, with dirt raining down, Hines squirmed his legs free and began kicking wildly. Rescuers spotted the legs and pulled him out before he suffocated. Did he feel lucky? "I think the chaplain put that rather well," Hines said quietly. "He called us 'the chosen...
...evening meal, eaten on trays in the mess tent beginning at 4:30 p.m., is sociable, almost homey. The Marines call it "supper," and last Wednesday night was typical: goulash and noodles, green beans and vanilla pudding, all washed down by Kool-Aid or milk. Afterward, the troops fall into candlelit bull sessions back in their bunkers, or head over to the company "club," a shanty where they watch videotaped movies on a small television set powered by a protectively sandbagged generator. Lights...
...other business, the council voted to sponsor a "tailgate picnic" to be held at Yale before the Harvard. Yale game. The council appropriated $800 to pay for a tent, tables and chairs where House committees, student organizations and private groups can host pre-game picnics, members of the council's social committee said...
...temperature rises into the low 90s, the perspiring Marines break for lunch on the spot. A major tribulation is that dinner, once a full meal served in the mess tent, now often consists of field-issue MREs (meals, ready-to-eat) like hamburger, turkey tetrazzini and other delights that can be made almost edible by warming the packages in hot water, sunlight or even under an armpit. Some Marines lift weights; others read books (mostly science fiction, thrillers and mysteries). Like lonely troopers everywhere, many of them use their idle hours chiefly to write home. Seated at a picnic table...
...here is get attacked." They cheer the Reagan Administration's decision to send over the New Jersey and other offshore firepower, but they clearly itch to settle matters themselves. Last fall, when Marines in Beirut were not allowed to carry loaded weapons, the company mess tent was decorated with a sign reading THE CAN'T SHOOT BACK SALOON. After they were finally allowed to arm themselves last spring, the sign changed to THE CAN SHOOT BACK SALOON. When Alpha Company engaged unidentified gunmen in a daylong firefight on Aug. 29, the Marines repainted the sign THE DID SHOOT...