Did my tentmates, Stiles and Veneris, the two platoon leaders whose cots lay so closely jammed against mine, feel the same terror?

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Over the past six months, two members of the Third Platoon of Kilo Company, Fifth Marine Regiment, have been killed, two have lost limbs and eight have suffered shrapnel or bullet wounds.

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He helped popularize "platoon" systems, where two or three players shared one position, with playing time parceled out based on who was pitching that day.

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With two months left in Vietnam, Delmer welcomed another young soldier to his platoon.

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The Steelers put a platoon of five big bodies on the line of scrimmage with two bone-rattling linebackers behind them, ceding to Tebow and his receivers the advantage of man-to-man coverage with only one deep safety available to avert disaster.

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