Chosin Reservoir: As I Remember Koto-Ri Pass, North Korea, December 1950

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On October 3/4 the commando targeted the railway south of Chongjin, though they withdrew on finding it heavily guarded. Two days later the marines attempted another landing near Sorye-dong, but their canoes came under fire as they reached shore, forcing another withdrawal. These warriors received the Medal of Honor for their actions during the Jangjin (Chosin) Reservoir Campaign. December 7, 1950 dawned bitter cold in the remote mountains of North Korea. More than 14,000 U.N. troops trapped on the plateau at Koto-ri had already endured 10 days of frozen hell. On November 26, the entire Chinese Communist 9th Army Group had slammed into two overexposed regiments of the U.S. lst Marine Division, a U.S. Army Regimental Combat Team, and assorted other units strung out for miles along a narrow mountain road in the vicinity of the iced-over Chosin Reservoir. American Route To Safety Impeded By A Gap In The Bridge

Instead, about two weeks later, the two veterans enjoyed Christmas in Pusan—with a hot turkey dinner. A Steep Toll on Both Sides The Chosin Reservoir battle has become one of the most storied exploits of grit and sacrifice in Marine Corps history. In the words of Commanding General Oliver P. Smith: “Retreat, hell. We’re not retreating. We’re just advancing in another direction.” Millett, Allan R. (2010). The War for Korea, 1950–1951: They Came From the North. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-1709-8. Zhang, Shu Guang (1995). Mao's Military Romanticism: China and the Korean War, 1950–1953. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-0723-5.

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Edwards, Paul M. (2006). The Korean War. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313332487. The Chosin Few Monument, Semper Fidelis Memorial Park, National Museum of the Marine Corps (Triangle, Virginia) U.S. Marine Corps Navy Cross Recipients, Korean War, 1950-1953" (PDF). U.S. Department of Defense. 2013-09-12 . Retrieved 2022-06-24.

On Feb. 2, 1952, 41 (Independent) Commando, Royal Marines, formally disbanded. Re-formed in 1960, the unit saw action in East Africa, Northern Ireland and other trouble spots until again disbanded in 1981. Main article: Hungnam evacuation The high-speed transport USS Begor observes the destruction of Hungnam's port facilities on 24 December. The heavy cruiser USS Saint Paul fires her 8-inch (203-mm) guns at Chinese troops threatening the evacuation. Captain John H. Chafee, company commander 7th Marines, later became Governor of Rhode Island, Secretary of the Navy and a United States Senator. Helicopter pilot who located and rescued Marine Medal of Honor recipient Robert E. Galer, who had been shot down behind enemy lines Here was complete failure,” Michener declared in the July 1952 Readers Digest. “…Heli­copter[s], planes and men were lost in the futile tragedy. The enemy had a field day and we had nothing. Nothing, that is, except another curious demonstration [that] sometimes defeat does actually mean more to democracy than victory.” When the chips were down, Michener assured Saturday Evening Post readers, “These pilots of Admiral Perry’s task force are as heroic as any men who have ever fought for the United States.”

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Assaulted an enemy machine gun position and killed nine of the enemy in hand-to-hand combat before he was killed