Sentence examples for a second platoon from inspiring English sources

A second platoon dispatched to take this new position ran into a third, and attempts to deal with this met with fire from a fourth position.

They were reinforced by a second platoon during the night, and were given orders to clear the road from Trebinje to Bileća on the following morning ahead of the Italians.

One platoon opened fire on the sentry and threw grenades into a concrete bunker believed to hold the triggering equipment for the bridge demolition charges, a second platoon began to assault a number of trenches and gun-pits on the eastern bank of the canal, and a third began moving towards the bridge.

I obviously did well on them because I was named a first platoon leader.

In November, one of the vehicles in a Third Platoon convoy passed over a pressure-plate bomb that exploded directly underneath its driver, Sgt. Robert Samuel, breaking several of his bones and completely severing his left leg.

Late in the afternoon, a third platoon, 11 Platoon, under the command of Sergeant (later Lieutenant) Tom Derrick, attempted another attack from further to the right of the position but it too was checked by machine-gun fire and lobbed grenades.

Within minutes, Lt. Chris Cannon and the other 28 men of Company A's Third Platoon climbed into four Bradley Fighting Vehicles.

In an instant, Second Platoon's mission had changed.

At one level, Junger's book is a chronicle of Second Platoon's days.

"Happy Valentine's Day," said Sgt. Philip A. Hinde, a squad leader in Second Platoon, as the first big fight entered a brief lull.

Junger also wrote a book about the Second Platoon's tour called "War".