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It was this unbending faith in their service as U.S. Marines that carried both men through America’s darkest hour in the Korean War: the harrowing retreat from North Korea’s Chosin Reservoir, where American forces were surrounded, vastly outnumbered and facing mass slaughter in brutally cold mountains near the Chinese border.
It wasn’t supposed to go that way. The Korean War began in June 1950, when communist-backed troops from the north of the recently divided nation stormed into the Western-aligned south. But by the end of that summer, a coalition of South Korean and United Nations forces, led by the United States and General Douglas MacArthur, had regained territory and made significant inroads into the north. Military leaders talked of ending the war by Christmas and reuniting the nation under democratic rule.
It wasn’t supposed to go that way. The Korean War began in June 1950, when communist-backed troops from the north of the recently divided nation stormed into the Western-aligned south. But by the end of that summer, a coalition of South Korean and United Nations forces, led by the United States and General Douglas MacArthur, had regained territory and made significant inroads into the north. Military leaders talked of ending the war by Christmas and reuniting the nation under democratic rule.
The Most Harrowing Battle of the Korean War
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I suspect that the most harrowing battle of any war is the one you die in. Personally, after studying many battles in many wars, I wouldn't presume to rank them
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SSgt Richard Kensinger
SFC Sczymanski J. - If not for the first trauma, there is not second trauma. I am conducting research of combat trauma dating back to WW Two. War is a profound expression of insanity.
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I've read many accounts of this area, some were in a couple of American Legion Magazines, one bloody area to be in and not all that hospitable during winter months Lt Col Charlie Brown
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MacArthur placed too much faith in his G-2 who was ineffective at times, in both WW II and Korea. He ignored some intelligence that indicated the Chinese had crossed the Yalu.
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1LT William Clardy
MacArthur placed too much faith in himself, LTC John Griscom.
It's been a while since I first read then-MAJ Garrett's analysis of the initial battles of Korea, but I highly recommend it to anyone with even a passing interest in the subject. (That obviously includes you, Lt Col Charlie Brown)
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA381834.pdf
It's been a while since I first read then-MAJ Garrett's analysis of the initial battles of Korea, but I highly recommend it to anyone with even a passing interest in the subject. (That obviously includes you, Lt Col Charlie Brown)
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA381834.pdf
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