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Social Activities Chairman Lake reminds us that there is a possibility that platoon parties will be held the night of the next Regimental. . .watch this column for the latest word on this. . .they would be held at the Statler preceding and concurrent with the dance. . .next Regimental is scheduled for one evening between Christmas and Nooyers...
Company and platoon posts increase the total number of assignments to 45, thereby employing almost all of the top class at the same time. Rotation of positions among these men will be frequent, according to the announcement made Tuesday by Lt. Comdr. Harvey N. Marshall, USN (Ret.), Drill Officer of the Naval Science staff...
Lieut. William D. Hawkins, a Texan, led his platoon into the coconut palms. Though twice wounded, he refused to retire. He personally cleaned out six machine-gun nests, sometimes by standing on top of a half-track and firing at four or five Japs who fired back from blockhouses. One of Hawkins' men sobbed: "My buddy was shot in the throat. He was bleeding like hell and saying in a low voice, 'Help me, help me!' I had to turn my head...
...thrifty characters of the first platoon who subscribed 100 per cent to War Bond allotments look down on their wastrel classmates...
...problem is to get blanket rolls up to the front. A soldier needs three blankets against the cold and rain. But he cannot carry them and fight, too. Usually a platoon, when it moves on, leaves its rolls to be picked up by trucks. But trucks are hard to get, and they have a hard time reaching the platoon by night...