| 21. | On December 9, 1943, his rifle platoon was pinned down by heavy Japanese machine gun fire.
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| 22. | He served as an Army First Lieutenant and infantry rifle platoon leader in Iraq from 2003 through 2004.
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| 23. | He served as a rifle platoon commander with 1st Marine Division and 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division.
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| 24. | Platoon or as the platoon guide ( i . e ., assistant platoon sergeant ) in a rifle platoon.
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| 25. | His Princeton career was interrupted for service with the Second Armored Division in Europe, as a rifle platoon leader.
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| 26. | These were supplemented by mortar, anti-tank elements as well as a rifle platoon from 1 Parachute Battalion.
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| 27. | They stop, seven pairs of eyes, alert, like a rifle platoon when a twig snaps in the night.
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| 28. | He was a rifle platoon commander at Camp Pendleton, Calif ., when his unit was shipped to the Pacific.
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| 29. | Rifle platoons consist of three rifle squads of 13 men each, led by a sergeant ( E-5 ).
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| 30. | The two independent rifle platoons, No . 9 and No . 11, were dropped quite accurately to the north.
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