A wounded soldier was already there. He started crawling across an open space to gain the shelter of the railroad embankment. However, he was silhouetted against the snow, was hit again and killed. It was here (about five miles from the Marines) that the efforts of many men and officers to fight off overwhelming numbers of the enemy and to get their wounded to safety finally collapsed. It is true that some broke earlier under the pressure but many fought well up to this point.