The definitive account of the epic retreat under fire of the 1st Marine Division from the Chosin Reservoir.
"A chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean War."--Provided by publisher.
At 0300 hours, 2/5 Battalion had commenced a counterattack against the spur of Hill 1384 with two George Company platoons commanded by First Lieutenants John J. “Blackie” Cahill and Dana B. Cashion. Shortly after dawn, they reached the ...
On General Douglas MacArthur's orders, a force of 12,000 U.S. Marines were marching north to the Yalu river in late November 1950. These three regiments of the 1st Marine Division--strung...
COLDER THAN HELL paints a vivid, frightening portrait of one of the most horrific infantry battles ever waged.
Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, Chosin also called Changjin, campaign early in the Korean War, part of the Chinese Second Offensive (November-December 1950) to drive the United Nations out of North Korea.
"Well written and meticulously researched ... East of Chosin is military history at its best". -- Harry G. Summers, Jr., Washington Post Book World
Marines in the Korean War Commemorative Series. Chronicles the part played by United States Marines in the Chosin Reservoir Campaign. Chosin is the Japanese word for the Changjin Reservoir.
As the Chinese Saw It Peng Dehuai's chief of staff, Xie Fang, at about this time made his own assessment of the situation: “Our 9th Army Group main forces have successively entered Korea from J'ian and Linjiang to assume eastern front ...
As the first book to explore the role of command and control, technology, and combat effectiveness from the point of view of the Chinese, and to examine cooperation and friction between Beijing and Pyongyang, Attack at Chosin sheds new ...
This book is part of the Korean War Commemorative Series.