Sentence examples for the platoon decided from inspiring English sources

Early in their time in the valley, a popular twenty-year-old medic named Juan Docc" Restrepo was killed, and the platoon decided to name a firebase they built, perched on a ridge, after him.

Two years later, a sergeant named Samuel Doe was assigned to a beach patrol near the president's home and he and his platoon decided to present some of their grievances to the highest authority.

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.

Current and former F.C.C. officials and some members of Congress, whether supporters or critics, said that from the outset of his tenure, Mr. Powell, a lawyer and former Army platoon leader, decided that he would not try to play a political role because he saw himself as above the fray.

I considered having a cheeky half in the stadium's members' bar, "The John McGinty Lounge", but being in possession of neither a club membership or the faintest knowledge of who John McGinty is (was he was that guy in Scrubs and Platoon?), I decided that I was probably better off staying in the stands.

Field, who had command responsibility for the local area, decided to send two platoons from the 25th Infantry Battalion to provide support.

The platoon continued its sweep.

The platoon continued on.

The platoon soon surrounded the lighted house.

Sergeant Chamblin said the platoon wanted revenge.

The platoon is getting ready downstairs".