The transport ships that had delivered the 7th Marines departed with the approximately 100 survivors of the originally 361-strong 1st Parachute Battalion (Hoffman, Silk Chutes).
Kad su transportni brodovi iskrcali dio 7. puka marinaca, oni preuzimaju na njih preživjele borce iz 1. padobranskog bataljona, čiji broj iznosio oko 100 ljudi od prvobitnih 361 (Hoffman, Silk Chutes).