Assertion: platoon's section | /r/HasProperty | half platoon
Facets:
value: historically
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Historically, a section of US Infantry was a "half platoon" (the platoon itself being a "half company").
text: The sergeants, assisted by the corporals, led the two sections (half-platoons) and the squads (the terms were often used interchangeably until 1891) of the platoon.