U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 3 (of 5) The Chosin Reservoir Campaign

“Wave and look happy!” These were the first words to greet some of the weary, unshaven Marines upon arrival in the Hamhung-Hungnam area. They grinned obligingly in response to t...

_Assembly of Division at Koto-ri--Activation of Task Force Dog--Air Drop of Bridge Sections--Division Planning for Attack--Battle of 1/1 in the Snowstorm--Advance of RCT-7 and R...

On 4 November, while RCT-7 was at the height of its fight with the Chinese, the Division CP displaced from Wonsan to Hungnam. General Craig, the ADC, who inspected the area on t...

_The MSR from Hungnam to Yudam-ni--ROKs Relieved by 7th Marines--CCF Counterattack at Sudong--Two Marine Battalions Cut Off--End of NKPA Tank Regiment--The Fight for How Hill--D...

_Joint Planning for Breakout--The Fight for Hills 1419 and 1542--March of 1/7 Over the Mountains--Attack of 3/5 on 1–2 December--The Ridgerunners of Toktong Pass--CCF Attacks on...

_CCF Attacks on 2/1 at Koto-ri--Convoy Reinforced by Marine Tanks--The Fight in Hell Fire Valley--Attack of George Company on East Hill--High Level Command Conference--CCF Attac...

_4312 Casualties Evacuated by Air--537 Replacements Flown to Hagaru--Air Drops of Ammunition--Planning for Breakout to Koto-ri--3/1 Relieved by RCT-5 at Hagaru--East Hill Retake...

The importance of Hagaru in the Marine scheme of things was starkly obvious after the Chinese cut the MSR. Hagaru, with its supply dumps, hospital facilities and partly finished...

On 6 OCTOBER 1950, after the arrival of the initial assault shipping at Inchon, General Smith ordered the 1st Marine Division to commence embarkation on the 8th. Similar instruc...

The 2d battalion, vanguard of the 5th Marines, completed its move from the east coast of the Chosin Reservoir to Yudam-ni during the afternoon and evening of 26 November. After...

_Encirclement of Company C of RCT-7--Fox Company at Toktong Pass--Marine Counterattacks on North Ridge--Deadlock on Hill 1240--The Fight for Northwest Ridge--Second Night’s Atta...

It was perhaps inevitable after the NKPA collapse that an end-of-the-war atmosphere should prevail. This attitude was found in the CP as well as the foxhole. General MacArthur,...

From a distance the Y-shaped mountain valley, encircled by peaks and crossed by two swift, clear streams, might have been taken for a scene in the Alps. This impression was born...

Up to this time the 1st Marine Division had virtually been waging two separate wars. In the southern zone, as was related in the last two chapters, blocking and screening operat...

It is a lesson of history that questions of how to use a victory can be as difficult as problems of how to win one. This truism was brought home forcibly to the attention of the...

The breakout of the 1st Marine Division from the Chosin Reservoir area will long be remembered as one of the inspiring epics of our history. It is also worthy of consideration a...