Sentence examples for gun section from inspiring English sources

The cavalry regiments each formed one dismounted company and a machine gun section for their battalion.

On February 19, Sergeant Cole led his machine gun section ashore in the D-Day assault of Iwo Jima.

The 181st had one machine gun section attached to each battalion, and the 2/97th Deccan Infantry in reserve.

On the night of 10/11 June 1918, Towner was in command of a machine gun section during an attack to the south of Morlancourt.

When Cole was sent to fight with his unit in Saipan, he was assigned to a machine gun unit; and was designated as a machine gun section leader.

A Company F machine gun section under Mitchell Paige killed many of the Japanese attackers, but Japanese fire eventually killed or injured almost all the Marine machine gunners.

Also included were two machine gun sections, a signals section and a medical detachment.

(Prior to this order to advance, the machine gun sections had formed part of the artillery barrage).

The new troop with mortar and Vickers machine gun sections provided the heavy weapons needed for their new role as assault infantry.

Huré led a relief column of 10 infantry companies, seven machine gun sections, 10 cavalry troops, a battery of 75mm artillery and three sections of 65mm mountain guns from Ain Matour to relieve Solomon and Andrew.

The short pamphlet noted the importance of dedicated hand grenade, rifle grenade and machine gun sections in suppressing enemy strong points with an appropriate level of fire to permit other military units to advance.