tommy prothro's backup, charlie haynes, and oregon state left guard, frank parker (himself the starting quarterback on the 1940 beaver team), were rifle platoon leaders in different companies, sailing from africa to italy in 1944, when the two recognized each other. in the fall, parker found haynes with a fist-sized wound in his chest during the arno valley campaign. haynes had been injured 17 hours before and believed that he was going to die. parker saved haynes' life by carrying him on his back to an abandoned farmhouse for medical attention.