sentences:  As the Americans proceed to the beach, Bourke orders his men to be ready to shoot to kill.When they are ambushed by the remaining 8 men of the Japanese platoon, the remaining 11 Americans are given no option but to retaliate, resulting in a bloody and pointless firefight during which all the Japanese and most of the Americans are shot dead.Only Francis, Bourke, Bleeker, Blair and Corporal Ruffino survive the skirmish.