Sentence examples for the first platoon from inspiring English sources

The first platoon, headed by First Lieutenant Thomas K. Willingham, marched a few hundred yards east.

"Try and shoot them as they are coming out," one member of the first platoon was instructed.

And, when the music lover graduated from Ben Shemen, he joined the first platoon of the Palmach Strike Force, a leading unit in the Jewish military.

After carefully crossing the bridge, some of the G.I.s in the first platoon could see the unsuspecting villagers through heavy brush and trees.

Cort says he was an emotional child, and his father, who had been in the first platoon to arrive at Dachau, had always been "very cold" to him.

While the first platoon to move forward took fire immediately — with one marine shot through his helmet — others found themselves walking into the arms of exultant Iraqis.

The Fifth Platoon continued to distinguish itself.

Geressy, who was with the third platoon, immediately got on his radio and called a ceasefire.

But the Third Platoon soldiers I spoke with paint a more complete picture.

Meanwhile, the third platoon of Charlie Company is about to return from another deployment.

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