A Christmas far from home an epic tale of courage and survival during the Korean War
Just before Thanksgiving in 1950, five months into the Korean War, General MacArthur flew to American positions in the north and grandly announced an "end-the-war-by-Christmas" offensive despite recent intervention by Mao's Chinese, who would soon trap tens of thousands of US troops poised toward th...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA :
Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
[2015]
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| Edition: | [First Da Capo Press paperback edition] |
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| Summary: | Just before Thanksgiving in 1950, five months into the Korean War, General MacArthur flew to American positions in the north and grandly announced an "end-the-war-by-Christmas" offensive despite recent intervention by Mao's Chinese, who would soon trap tens of thousands of US troops poised toward the Yalu River border. Led by marines, an overwhelmed Tenth Corps evacuated the frigid, mountainous Chosin Reservoir fastness and fought a swarming enemy and treacherous snow and ice to reach the coast. Weather, terrain, Chinese firepower, and a four-thousand-foot chasm made escape seem impossible in the face of a vanishing Christmas. But endurance and sacrifice prevailed, and the last troopships weighed anchor on Christmas Eve. |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-276) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780306824135 0306824132 |
| Author Notes: | (Publisher Provided) |
