TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weintraub,Stanley
TI  - A Christmas far from home: an epic tale of courage and survival during the Korean War 
SN  - 0306822326 (hardcover)
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Boston, MA
PB  - Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Corps, 10th
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Christmas
KW  - Korea (North)
KW  - Courage
KW  - Escapes
KW  - Korean War, 1950-1953
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Changjin Reservoir
KW  - Regimental histories
KW  - Marines
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Survival
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword -- A Turkey for Thanksgiving -- Upbeat Thanksgiving -- The Pincers Parlay -- Mission Impossible -- An Entirely New War -- Beginning the Breakout -- Hagaru to Koto-ri -- A Bridge Apart -- Downhill All the Way -- Christmas Eve -- Epilogue
N2  - "From an acclaimed historian, the dramatic story of the Christmas escape of thousands of American troops overwhelmingly surrounded by the enemy in Korea's harsh terrain. Just before Thanksgiving in 1950, five months into the Korean War, General MacArthur flew to American positions in the north and grandly announced an 'end-the-war-by-Christmas' offensive despite recent intervention by Mao's Chinese, who would soon trap tens of thousands of US troops poised toward the Yalu River border. Led by Marines, an overwhelmed X Corps evacuated the frigid, mountainous Chosin Reservoir fastness and fought a swarming enemy and treacherous snow and ice to reach the coast. Weather, terrain, Chinese firepower, and a 4,000-foot chasm made escape seem impossible in the face of a vanishing Christmas. But endurance and sacrifice prevailed, and the last troop ships weighed anchor on Christmas Eve. In the tradition of his Silent Night and Pearl Harbor Christmas, Stanley Weintraub presents another gripping narrative of a wartime Christmas season"--
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