blessing way n.— «He remembered the Blessing Way held when he and his cousins had left after their last furlough for Camp Pendleton and then for Saigon and Okinawa. He remembered the sweat bath and the Singer, even older than Sandoval...
dead check v. phr.— «I witnessed Sgt. (Lawrence) Hutchins dead check the man and fire three rounds into the man’s head.…Then Cpl. (Trent) Thomas fired seven to 10 rounds in to the man’s head.» —“Navy Medic Testifies Against...