sentences:  The battle won, Takata accepts the thanks of the lieutenant commanding the rescued unit, and notes that 211 of the 275 had been saved, at a cost of over 800 casualties.His thoughts return to 1953, where Mary's love and tears finally break through, and he is able to shed his own tears.A vision comes of his lost men and father, standing in the field hospital, and his father repeats his earlier encouraging statement.