Frozen Chosin: U.S. Marines At The Changjin Reservoir

Frozen Chosin: U.S. Marines At The Changjin Reservoir [Illustrated Edition] (Marines In The Korean War Commemorative Series Book 7)

Includes more than 40 maps, plans and illustrations.

This volume in the official History of the Marine Corps chronicles the part played by United States Marines in the Chosin Reservoir Campaign.
The race to the Yalu was on. General of the Army Douglas MacArthurâ€™s strategic triumph at Inchon and the subsequent breakout of the U.S. Eighth Army from the Pusan Perimeter and the recapture of Seoul had changed the direction of the war. Only the finishing touches needed to be done to complete the destruction of the North Korean Peopleâ€™s Army. Moving up the east coast was the independent X Corps, commanded by Major General Edward M. Almond, USA. The 1st Marine Division, under Major General Oliver P. Smith, was part of X Corps and had been so since the 15 September 1950 landing at Inchon.

After Seoul the 1st Marine Division had reloaded into its amphibious ships and had swung around the Korean peninsula to land at Wonsan on the east coast. The landing on 26 October 1950 met no opposition; the port had been taken from the land side by the resurgent South Korean army. The date was General Smithâ€™s 57th birthday, but he let it pass unnoticed. Two days later he ordered Colonel Homer L. Litzenberg, Jr., 47, to move his 7th Marine Regimental Combat Team north from Wonsan to Hamhung. Smith was then to prepare for an advance to the Manchurian border, 135 miles distant. And so began one of the Marine Corpsâ€™ greatest battlesâ€”or, as the Corps would call it, the â€œChosin Reservoir Campaign.â€ The Marines called it the â€œChosinâ€ Reservoir because that is what their Japanese-based maps called it. The South Koreans, nationalistic sensibilities disturbed, preferredâ€”and, indeed, would come to insistâ€”that it be called the â€œChangjinâ€ Reservoir.
Country USA
Manufacturer Normanby Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2015-11-06
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Normanby Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2015-11-06
Format	Kindle eBook

Frozen Chosin: U.S. Marines At The Changjin Reservoir [Illustrated Edition] (Marines In The Korean War Commemorative Series Book 7)

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