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* DwindlingParty: Each of the soldiers is picked off one-by-one by the Japanese Army and other factors.
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* SoleSurvivor: Purckett was the only survivor on his ship when it was sunk.
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* SoleSurvivor: Purckett was the only survivor on his ship when it was sunk.sunk; he only survived because he was the best swimmer.
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[[folder:Private Matthew Hardy]]
!!Private Matthew Hardy, [=12th=] Medical Battalion, Medical Corps
!!!Played By: Phillip Terry
A Conscientious Objector in the Medical Corps.
* {{Determinator}}: Despite being [[spoiler:close to death from fever and getting shot by Japanese soldiers, he manages to finish loading up Bentley's plane with dynamite for his suicide run. He succumbs just after Bentley crashes.]]
* TheMedic: His role is to treat the squad members for ailments.
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!!Private Matthew Hardy, [=12th=] Medical Battalion, Medical Corps
!!!Played By: Phillip Terry
A Conscientious Objector in the Medical Corps.
* {{Determinator}}: Despite being [[spoiler:close to death from fever and getting shot by Japanese soldiers, he manages to finish loading up Bentley's plane with dynamite for his suicide run. He succumbs just after Bentley crashes.]]
* TheMedic: His role is to treat the squad members for ailments.
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* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:All but Dane are dead by the end of the film, and judging by his surroundings he'll be soon to join them]].
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* TheDrifter: Feingold mentions that he's been passed from company to company and wants to stick to one unit for a change, likening it to being an orphan.
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* OralFixation: Purckett is a gum-chewer. When Ramirez tells him to save it, Purckett replies that he brought plenty of it.
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* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: He's a fresh-faced West Point grad while his subordinate Bill Dane is a gruff-looking SergeantRock.
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* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: He's a fresh-faced West Point grad while his subordinate Bill Dane is a gruff-looking SergeantRock.gruff acting SergeantRock.
* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:Looks as if he will be TheLeader or at least ReasonableAuthorityFigure for the main characters, only to be the first to die.]]
* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:Looks as if he will be TheLeader or at least ReasonableAuthorityFigure for the main characters, only to be the first to die.]]
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* InTheBack: [[spoiler:Stabbed in the back by a Japanese soldier who pretended to be dead.]]
* {{Jerkass}}:He's Todd is an unpleasant bully who clashes with everyone else.else, especially Purckett and Hardy.
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* SecretKeeper: Was one of the few who knew that [[spoiler:Captain Lassiter was recently married.]]
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: They're American soldiers who are separated from their various commands and cobbled together as a rear guard to HoldTheLine against the Japanese Army.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: They're American soldiers from all walks of life who are separated from their various commands and cobbled together as a rear guard to HoldTheLine against the Japanese Army.
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* SecretKeeper: Was one of the few who know knew that [[spoiler:Captain Lassiter was recently married.]]
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[[folder:Private Wesley Epps]]
!!Private Wesley Epps, [=3rd=] Engineer Battalion, Corps of Engineers
!!!Played By: Kenneth Spencer
A black demolitions expert.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Downplayed; [[spoiler:Epps makes it all the way to the FinalBattle but is the first to die there.]]
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Partially decapitated by a Japanese officer during the FinalBattle.]]
* SecretKeeper: Was one of the few who know that [[spoiler:Captain Lassiter was recently married.]]
[[folder:Private Wesley Epps]]
!!Private Wesley Epps, [=3rd=] Engineer Battalion, Corps of Engineers
!!!Played By: Kenneth Spencer
A black demolitions expert.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Downplayed; [[spoiler:Epps makes it all the way to the FinalBattle but is the first to die there.]]
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Partially decapitated by a Japanese officer during the FinalBattle.]]
* SecretKeeper: Was one of the few who know that [[spoiler:Captain Lassiter was recently married.]]
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[[folder:Lieutenant Steve Bentley]]
!!Lieutenant Steve Bentley, United States Army Air Corps
!!!Played By: George Murphy
An army pilot with a downed plane he's trying to repair.
* CripplingOverspecialization: After [[spoiler:Lassiter's death]], Bentley, as a Lieutenant, is the highest ranking officer but defers to Dane because he's not trained to lead.
* HeroicSuicide: [[spoiler:Mortally wounded shortly after fixing the plane, Bentley loads the plane up with dynamite and flies it into the bridge to stall the Japanese one more time.]]
[[folder:Lieutenant Steve Bentley]]
!!Lieutenant Steve Bentley, United States Army Air Corps
!!!Played By: George Murphy
An army pilot with a downed plane he's trying to repair.
* CripplingOverspecialization: After [[spoiler:Lassiter's death]], Bentley, as a Lieutenant, is the highest ranking officer but defers to Dane because he's not trained to lead.
* HeroicSuicide: [[spoiler:Mortally wounded shortly after fixing the plane, Bentley loads the plane up with dynamite and flies it into the bridge to stall the Japanese one more time.]]
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: There's 13 of them against hundreds of Japanese soldiers.
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: There's 13 of them against hundreds of Japanese soldiers. And [[spoiler:they're all dead by the end of the film]].
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* CombatPragmatist: None of the soldiers fight fair, but Todd takes it up a notch by using a dead Japanese soldier as a dummy, putting his helmet on the man's head and having a machine gunner focus attention on the helmet while Todd sneaks around and blows him up with a grenade.
* HaveWeMet: Dane has a sneaking suspicion that Todd is a man named Danny Burns who committed a murder at a barracks where Dane was stationed and escaped while under Dane's watch. These suspicions intensify when Dane sees Todd throw grenades left-handed and recalls that Burns threw left-handed.
* HaveWeMet: Dane has a sneaking suspicion that Todd is a man named Danny Burns who committed a murder at a barracks where Dane was stationed and escaped while under Dane's watch. These suspicions intensify when Dane sees Todd throw grenades left-handed and recalls that Burns threw left-handed.
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* TheSouthpaw: Todd is shown to be a left-handed thrower when he and Dane sneak out one night to blow up the bridge with grenades. Being left-handed is something that Dane remembers about Danny Burns.
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* ActuallyIAmHim: [[spoiler:Confesses to being Danny Burns while dying from his wounds]].
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* TheSouthpaw: Todd is shown to be a left-handed thrower when he and Dane sneak out one night to blow up the bridge with grenades. Being left-handed is something that Dane remembers about Danny Burns.
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[[folder:Seaman Leonard Purckett]]
!!Seaman Leonard Purckett, Musician Second Class
!!!Played By: Creator/RobertWalker
A young, bright-faced seaman.
* InTheBack: [[spoiler:Shot in the back by a Japanese sniper as the FinalBattle winds down]].
* NewMeat: The youngest of the men in the rear guard.
* SoleSurvivor: Purckett was the only survivor on his ship when it was sunk.
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[[folder:Seaman Leonard Purckett]]
!!Seaman Leonard Purckett, Musician Second Class
!!!Played By: Creator/RobertWalker
A young, bright-faced seaman.
* InTheBack: [[spoiler:Shot in the back by a Japanese sniper as the FinalBattle winds down]].
* NewMeat: The youngest of the men in the rear guard.
* SoleSurvivor: Purckett was the only survivor on his ship when it was sunk.
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[[folder:Corporal Barney Todd]]
!!Corporal Barney Todd, Signalman attached to the [=26th=] Cavalry
!!!Played By: Lloyd Nolan
A shifty soldier who appears to be a signalman.
* HaveWeMet: Dane has a sneaking suspicion that Todd is a man named Danny Burns who committed a murder at a barracks where Dane was stationed and escaped while under Dane's watch.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's an unpleasant bully who clashes with everyone else.
* TheSouthpaw: Todd is shown to be a left-handed thrower when he and Dane sneak out one night to blow up the bridge with grenades.
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!!Corporal Barney Todd, Signalman attached to the [=26th=] Cavalry
!!!Played By: Lloyd Nolan
A shifty soldier who appears to be a signalman.
* HaveWeMet: Dane has a sneaking suspicion that Todd is a man named Danny Burns who committed a murder at a barracks where Dane was stationed and escaped while under Dane's watch.
* {{Jerkass}}: He's an unpleasant bully who clashes with everyone else.
* TheSouthpaw: Todd is shown to be a left-handed thrower when he and Dane sneak out one night to blow up the bridge with grenades.
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!!The Soldiers
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky: There's 13 of them against hundreds of Japanese soldiers.
* HoldTheLine: Their task is to keep the Japanese from crossing a ravine until the U.S. army can regroup.
* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:All but Dane are dead by the end of the film, and judging by his surroundings he'll be soon to join them]].
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: They're American soldiers who are separated from their various commands and cobbled together as a rear guard to HoldTheLine against the Japanese Army.
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[[folder:Captain Henry Lassiter]]
!!Captain Henry Lassiter, [=26th=] Cavalry
!!!Played By: Lee Bowman
A West Point grad who is put in charge of the rearguard.
* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: He's a fresh-faced West Point grad while his subordinate Bill Dane is a gruff-looking SergeantRock.
* StraightForTheCommander: [[spoiler:He is the first soldier to die]].
* WartimeWedding: [[spoiler:He was married to a nurse shortly before his death]].
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[[folder:Sergeant Bill Dane]]
!!Sergeant Bill Dane, [=31st=] Infantry
!!!Played By: Creator/RobertTaylor
A sergeant who is placed as second-in-command under Lassiter.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His past with Danny Burns, who escaped while under his guard leading to Dane's disgrace.
* PermaStubble: Has a perpetually unshaven look about him, which doesn't change even though weeks go by.
* SergeantRock: He's tough as nails and serves as leader for most of the film.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:He's last seen firing away at Japanese soldiers while surrounded on all sides]].
* YouAreInCommandNow: Twice over; he's put in command after [[spoiler:Lassiter]] is killed, and Lt. Bentley defers to him because his piloting skills aren't what's needed.
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[[folder:Corporal Jake Feingold]]
!!Corporal Jake Feingold, [=4th=] Chemical Company, Chemical Corps
!!!Played By: Creator/ThomasMitchell
Dane's closest friend and companion.
%%* TheLancer: To Dane.
* MultipleGunshotDeath: [[spoiler:Riddled with bullets from a Japanese machine gunner]].
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:The first to be killed in the final battle]].
* TimeDelayedDeath: [[spoiler:Gets mowed down by Japanese machine guns, but doesn't die until the battle has started to die down and he staggers into view only to drop dead]].
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!!The Soldiers
[[folder:In General]]
* ThirteenIsUnlucky: There's 13 of them against hundreds of Japanese soldiers.
* HoldTheLine: Their task is to keep the Japanese from crossing a ravine until the U.S. army can regroup.
* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:All but Dane are dead by the end of the film, and judging by his surroundings he'll be soon to join them]].
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: They're American soldiers who are separated from their various commands and cobbled together as a rear guard to HoldTheLine against the Japanese Army.
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[[folder:Captain Henry Lassiter]]
!!Captain Henry Lassiter, [=26th=] Cavalry
!!!Played By: Lee Bowman
A West Point grad who is put in charge of the rearguard.
* CaptainSmoothAndSergeantRough: He's a fresh-faced West Point grad while his subordinate Bill Dane is a gruff-looking SergeantRock.
* StraightForTheCommander: [[spoiler:He is the first soldier to die]].
* WartimeWedding: [[spoiler:He was married to a nurse shortly before his death]].
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[[folder:Sergeant Bill Dane]]
!!Sergeant Bill Dane, [=31st=] Infantry
!!!Played By: Creator/RobertTaylor
A sergeant who is placed as second-in-command under Lassiter.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His past with Danny Burns, who escaped while under his guard leading to Dane's disgrace.
* PermaStubble: Has a perpetually unshaven look about him, which doesn't change even though weeks go by.
* SergeantRock: He's tough as nails and serves as leader for most of the film.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:He's last seen firing away at Japanese soldiers while surrounded on all sides]].
* YouAreInCommandNow: Twice over; he's put in command after [[spoiler:Lassiter]] is killed, and Lt. Bentley defers to him because his piloting skills aren't what's needed.
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[[folder:Corporal Jake Feingold]]
!!Corporal Jake Feingold, [=4th=] Chemical Company, Chemical Corps
!!!Played By: Creator/ThomasMitchell
Dane's closest friend and companion.
%%* TheLancer: To Dane.
* MultipleGunshotDeath: [[spoiler:Riddled with bullets from a Japanese machine gunner]].
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:The first to be killed in the final battle]].
* TimeDelayedDeath: [[spoiler:Gets mowed down by Japanese machine guns, but doesn't die until the battle has started to die down and he staggers into view only to drop dead]].
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