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A Christmas Far from Home An Epic Tale of Courage and Survival during the Korean War. Cover Image E-book E-book

A Christmas Far from Home An Epic Tale of Courage and Survival during the Korean War

Summary: <Div>An anecdote-rich narrative of the 1950 holiday season during the Korean War, when, just after Thanksgiving, tens of thousands of US troops were surrounded in the Chosin reservoir area by hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops and began a terrible and difficult retreat, which finally ended on Christmas Day.</div>

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  • ISBN: 9780306822339
  • ISBN: 0306822334
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
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    1 online resource (305 p.)
  • Publisher: New York : Da Capo Press, 2014.

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Formatted Contents Note: Preface; 1 -- A Turkey for Thanksgiving; 2 -- Upbeat Thanksgiving; 3 -- The Pincers Parlay; 4 -- Mission Impossible: The Offensive Short-Circuits; 5 -- An ""Entirely New War""; 6 -- Beginning the Breakout; 7 -- Hagaru to Koto-ri; 8 -- A Bridge Apart; 9 -- Downhill All the Way; 10 -- Christmas Eve; Epilogue; Sources; Acknowledgments; Index
Subject: Christmas -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century
Courage -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century
Escapes -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns -- Korea (North) -- Changjin Reservoir
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Regimental histories -- United States
Marines -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Survival -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century
United States. Army. Corps, 10th -- History -- 20th century
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns -- Korea (North) -- Changjin Reservoir
United States. -- Army. -- Corps, 10th -- History -- 20th century
Marines -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Christmas -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century
Escapes -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century
Courage -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century
Survival -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Regimental histories -- United States
HISTORY / Asia / China
United States. -- Army. -- Corps, 10th.
Korean War (1950-1953)
Christmas
Courage
Escapes
Marines
Military campaigns
Regimental histories
Soldiers
Survival
Korea (North)
Korea (North) -- Changjin Reservoir
United States
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History.

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