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    A platoon leader (NATO) or platoon commander (more common in Commonwealth militaries and the US Marine Corps) is the officer in charge of a platoon. This...
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  • Platoon Leader may refer to: Platoon leader, the officer in charge of a platoon Platoon Leader (memoir), a 1985 memoir by James R. McDonough Platoon Leader...
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  • Platoon Leader is a 1988 war film set in the Vietnam War and directed by Aaron Norris (Chuck Norris's brother; this is his only film without his brother...
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    The platoon leader is usually a junior officer—a second or first lieutenant or an equivalent rank. The officer is usually assisted by a platoon sergeant...
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  • Plutonowy (literally Platoon-man) is an NCO rank in the Polish Armed Forces rank insignia system, located between the ranks of Senior Corporal and Sergeant...
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    Officer Candidates Course (OCC) for college seniors and graduates Platoon Leaders Class (PLC) for college students with one or more years left in school...
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  • Platoon Leader is a memoir by James R. McDonough. It is narrated by McDonough in first person view and tells of his story in the Vietnam War as a lieutenant...
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  • In many militaries, a platoon sergeant is the senior enlisted member of a platoon, who advises and supports the platoon's commanding officer in leading...
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  • Platoon system, a technique used in baseball and football One-platoon system a technique used in football Platoon Leader (film) The Anderson Platoon Platoon:...
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    (originally a 2nd Lieutenant under Sobel, serving as platoon leader of E Company's 2nd Platoon; later a Major commanding the overall 2nd Battalion),...
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    According to Scherzer as leader of the regimental pioneer platoon/Grenadier-Regiment 45. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung...
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    Behenna was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division as the platoon leader for 5th Platoon, Delta Company of the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment...
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    Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 5. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment...
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    was also known as a half-platoon (the platoon itself being a half company). Depending upon the time period, the squad "leader" (not an official position...
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    Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 13.(schwere)/SS-Panzer-Regiment 1. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung...
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    3rd Platoon was forced to pull back, and its leader Lt. Taft was killed. Sgt. Lorenzo Nathan, a Korean War veteran, took command of 3rd Platoon which...
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    by the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Aufklärungs-Abteilung 97. According to Scherzer as air gunner...
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    to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14./Grenadier-Regiment 3. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14./Infanterie-Regiment...
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    Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./SS-Regiment "Germania". According to Scherzer as Wachtmeister and squadron troop leader in the 3...
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    Scherzer on 18 July 1943 and as leader of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 501. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in Pionier-Zug/Grenadier-Regiment...
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  • sergeants (section leaders/squad leaders with two to a platoon), four corporals (assistant section leaders/squad leaders with two to a platoon), two musicians...
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    as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 10./leichte Flak-Abteilung 411 (self-motorized). According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3...
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    (platoon leader) in the 14./Grenadier-Regiment 19 (Scherzer) As Staffelkapitän of the Aufklärungsstaffel 3.(F)/33 (Scherzer) As Zugführer (platoon leader)...
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    Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 24 "Danmark". According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1...
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    of the Iron Cross as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 128. According to Scherzer as leader of SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 15. According...
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    Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Führer-Panzer-Regiment 1. According to Scherzer as deputy Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./SS-Panzer-Jagd-Abteilung...
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  • Philippines. The novelization was written by William Pelfrey. In 1969, a platoon of the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, receives...
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    Airborne Division during World War II. He was initially assigned as a platoon leader in B Company of the 1st Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment...
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    Scherzer as a Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 13./Grenadier-Regiment 162. According to Scherzer as a Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 13./Grenadier-Regiment...
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    Zugführer ([ˈt͡suːkˌfyːʁɐ], lit. 'platoon leader') is a military appointment to a sub-subunit leader, e.g. platoon leader, belonging to the Non-commissioned...
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