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The last stand of Fox Company a true story of U.S. Marines in combat

During the Korean War, 234 heroic marines from Fox Company, First Division, held off a force of 10,000 Chinese soldiers in subzero weather to secure the Toktong Pass. This is their story.

Main Author: Drury, Bob.
Other Authors: Clavin, Thomas.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : [Berkeley, Calif.] : Atlantic Monthly Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
United States. > Marine Corps. > Regiment, 5th. > Battalion, 2nd. > F Company.
United States. > Marine Corps > Officers > Biography.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Regimental histories.
Changjin Reservoir (Korea) > History, Military.
Summary: During the Korean War, 234 heroic marines from Fox Company, First Division, held off a force of 10,000 Chinese soldiers in subzero weather to secure the Toktong Pass. This is their story.
Physical Description: 353 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-334) and index.
ISBN: 9780871139931
0871139936
Author Notes: Bob Drury is an American journalist and author who has been nominated for three National Magazine Awards and a Pulitzer Prize. He has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan, Liberia, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, and Darfur. He is also the author, co-author, or editor of nine nonfiction books, including the New York Times bestselling Halsey's Typhoon and Last Men Out. In 2015, his nonfiction book, The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend, also became a bestseller.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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