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In comparsion to the training given to different military units it is evident that the Marines are far and above training with our other services. The average American never really knowes what is going on during these phases of our country's history. Know one who never had to live through something like this would ever believe what was included in this book. The stories that were told by this book are well written and very close to the actual events that took place during this time period. With this book it actually brings out what took place and describes it in a very realistic manner as to the happening at this Chosin Reservoir Campaign. it just seems impossivle for anyone to have gone through it and live to tell the story. Its a tribute to the Marine Corp who train men to with stand the elements of combat.
Semper Fi. The first hand accounts by memebers of the ist Marine Division (1st, 5th, 7th and 11th Regiments) are vividly realistic and descriptive. Breakout is an amazingly detailed, absorbing and fascinating account of the Chosin Reservoir campaign. Anyone interested in military history, especially the Korean War, will not be able to put this book down once started.
at night, like clockwork at 2am, the enemy bugles and horns would sound off and as many as 500 to 1,000 enemy would rush the lines in waves, forcing you to defend yourself with frozen equipment that would jam up. OK, so you think you have it tough. you will be cold, tired, hungry, sad, dirty, and amazed when you're finished reading this book. if you don't already have an enormous amount of respect for the armed services of the USA, you surely will after reading this astounding piece of history.
friendly fire, or possibly e). getting wounded by one of the above, falling back into your foxhole, and praying that someone could help you before you freeze to death. the butt of a an enemy rifle upside your head, d). enemy burp gun fire that would spray your direction constantly, c).
these are largely first-hand accounts by Marines, soldiers, and airmen that were present for the Chosin Resevoir Campaign of 1950. an enemy grenade going off next to your head, b). read about these Marines. many of your friends would be killed before your eyes, and the odds were that you yourself would be killed or wounded in one or many of the following ways: a).
during the day, if you weren't killed by an enemy sniper or didn't freeze to death, you would attempt to keep warm around a fire or catch up on sleep that you didn't get at night, or maybe even eat. you will have a new respect for what many many went through in this forgotten war; both civilian and military, American and non-American. the brutal truth of day-to-day living for these men could nearly be measured in two frames; daytime and nighttime.
Marines fought their way out of a Chinese trap that looked like a disaster. However, he tells the truth about the only-human Marines: some did give up, some did flee, some units did collapse.
As to the Army, they really couldn't have been expected to perform as well on average, given that many units had large proportions of recent conscripts, American and Korean. In the end, though, Russ convincingly argues the Marines' esprit de corps kept most of them together when almost any other force would have disintegrated.
"Gripping" is the only word I can find for this tale of the Chosin Resovoir campaign. He tells about the big picture while keeping the story on a human scale: men building barricades of bodies, men on both sides scrounging anything they could find from their own dead or the enemy's, wounded and frostbitten men who fought until they were killed or sometimes frozen to death at their posts.It's been said Russ lionizes the Marines and disparages the Army too much.
It's a cliche to say you can't put a book down, but I couldn't lay this one aside. To reduce it all to one line, the massively outnumbered U.S.
Russ puts us right in the midst of the freezing foxholes, bewildering terrain, terrible roads, and worse weather, all of which sometimes made it hard to tell friend from foe.
Davis Lt.Col.William B.Barber were all Passed Away. Raymond G. Puller Gen.
in Korean War.After Wonsan Landing of 10th Corps under Gen. Murray Lt.Gen.Homer L.Litzenberg Lt. Incomparable Crucial,Bitter Fighting insubzero,freezing,encircled Reaterat Fightingof Historic Battle of Chosin Reservior--1st US Marine Div.
Gen.Lewis B. Almond,US.Army,US Marine 1st.DIV.wasmost potential reliable commbat teams.When 5th Reg.(Lt.COL.Murray) and 7th.Reg(COL.Litzenburg) arrived the yudam-ni,Already,ghostly encircled Chinese Army'scompettion(150,000 Chinese Troops aganst 30,000 Un Troops)started on 27,Nov, 1950.With had but successful Retreat Fihhtingwith F4U Corair's ground support and MarineArtillery helped them much.There,Tokdong Path(Junction)was desparatelywithhold by Capt.Barber,CO.of Fox Company,2nd Battalion,7th Regiment with enforcement ofLt.Col.Davis,1st.Batt, 7th.Regiment.
Successful Retreat Fighting from Yudam-ni--> Hagaru-rialso saved the 7th.Infantry Div.and 3rd Infantry Div.At Hagaru-ri,1st Reg.of COL.puller's enfforcement,Finnaly They reached to Heungnam and Battle of ChosinResorvior completed.******Personaly, I searched Hero of Battle of Chosin Reservior were made.(After the Retirement) Maj.Gen.Raymond L.
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