The United States has a naval task force offshore, with two thousand marines aboard.美国在近海驻有海军特遣部队，船上共两千名海军陆战队官兵。The townspeople received billets ordering them to lodge the regiment overnight.镇民接到命令，要为一团官兵提供一夜住宿。The officers and crew would sooner sink the ship than surrender.全船官兵宁可沉船，决不投降。