Before Jim can decide what to do, his unit is ordered to the front.
One theory held that the units might have been ordered back into Germany.
Cost was cited as the reason no additional units were ordered.
By the time the site crashed in the early afternoon, more than 1,000 units had been ordered.
An additional 65 units were ordered in 2011, numbered 8025-8090.
That said, the unit must still be ordered away from the combat for it to escape.
Initially, however, no units were ordered to secure the bridge itself.
In early spring, 1945, his unit was pulled from the reserve status and ordered into combat.
In 1954, the unit was ordered back to Japan.
A further 20 units were ordered in June 2011.