Sentence examples for the platoon on from inspiring English sources

A few days later, he joined the rest of the platoon on the road to Basra.

Similarly, methods will be needed to allow the lead vehicle to dissolve the platoon on reaching its destination or to allow another lead vehicle to take over.

"So what's the scenario?" A lone guerrilla left over in a booby-trapped village jumps out of a hidey-hole and ambushes the platoon on a search-and-destroy.

The commanding officer of the transport halted loading operations when he saw the platoon on the dock with Reckless.

Queen led the platoon on a sneak attack of the Chinese force on 17 May, covered by 7th Division artillery fire.

The platoon pushed on, into intermittent fire and the occasional single shots of a sniper, whose bullets narrowly missed the Marines, sometimes by inches.

At that point, in early May, Army investigators say that members of the platoon, urged on by a ringleader, Staff Sgt. Calvin R. Gibbs, had already killed three Afghans for thrills in the surrounding farming villages, where insurgents were said to be active.

A young white man in a gray flannel suit hurried back and forth among the platoons of marchers; on his attaché case was written "D.

The 3rd Platoon, on the other hand, was instructed to move forward to assist the wounded men from Alpha Company.

Rest assured she disappeared faster than the last platoon on the very last chopper out of Saigon.

The platoon continued on.