Sentence examples for platoon forward from inspiring English sources

Campbell struggled to establish a company defensive position, pushing 8 Platoon forward covered by armed helicopters and indirect fire.

The following morning Broderick moved the company down the spur line in order to establish a firm base, while Beale moved 5 Platoon forward.

D Company was subsequently ordered to clear the North Koreans threatening battalion headquarters, as well as sending a platoon forward to re-establish contact with the Americans.

Derrick's response to this order was to obfuscate, however, and instead of withdrawing, he subsequently led his platoon forward, attacking 10 Japanese positions with grenades as his men supported him with Bren and Owen submachine-gun fire.

Meanwhile, O'Halloran called for the APCs to come forward to provide assistance, while the platoon sergeant Sergeant Mervyn McCullough guided a section from 6 Platoon forward to reinforce 5 Platoon, and begin evacuating the casualties.

As recounted by Private First Class Ronald Holmes, one of the men in the platoon, Charlton decided to destroy the bunker, and with his last known words, "Let's go," he urged the platoon forward, charging at the front of the formation ahead of the rest of the soldiers.

The assault began at 15 35, with A Company beginning their advance into the rainforest with two platoons forward and one back.

Meanwhile, B Company began forming up in single file on the right flank, also with two platoons forward in assault formation, while one remained in reserve at the rear.

Mortar fire fell on 3 RAR while it was forming up; however, using the road as a start line the battalion attack began at 14 00, with A Company on the left flank and B Company on the right, each with two platoons forward and one back in reserve, each in extended line with bayonets fixed.

The soldiers and insurgents were so close that when Slasher, the AC-130, flew in, the pilot coordinated not with the JTAC but with Sgt. Roberto Sandifer, the platoon's forward observer, who at that moment was under fire watching one of his guys die.

The platoon moved forward into Bénouville and cleared the Germans in house to house fighting.