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November 1950, the Korean Peninsula: After General MacArthur ignores Mao’s warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only chance... read more
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“Peach was unlashing the med kit from his shoulder when he was stiched across the face by machine-gun fire. The top of his skull seemed to lift off his head, as if pulled by invisable wires.”
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“Bob Kirchner managed to find half a dozen corpses to pile in front of his hole, including the two men he had bayoneted and the bugler Sergeant Komorowski's grenade had beheaded.”
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“Kirchner was returning from the command post, where he'd just finished the grim task of identifying the body of his friend Corporal John Farley-by his belt buckle. Farley's face had been blown off during the fire fight.”
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“Marines and Chinese ran in all directions, shooting, hollering, heaving grenades, cursing, fighting with knives, and rifle butts and even hand to hand.”
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“We commemorate the memory of the heroic dead. They were the life, the spirit, and soul of our Corps. We will not, nor can we ever, forget the lessons they taught us about honor and faithfulness.”
First Sentence
Only the officers knew that the dark railway tunnel a few hundred yards up the road marked the offical entrance to the Sudong George.
Table of Contents
Prologue
The Hill
The Attack
The Seige
"We Will Hold"
The Ridgerunners
Epilogue
Afterword
Postscript 2008
Acknowledgements
Appendix
Selected Bibliography
Index
Authors & Contributors
- Bob Drury (Author)
- Tom Clavin (Author)
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