TY - BOOK AU - Drury,Bob AU - Clavin,Thomas TI - The last stand of Fox Company: a true story of U.S. Marines in combat T2 - Thorndike Press large print nonfiction SN - 1410414132 (hardcover : alk. paper) PY - 2009/// CY - Waterville, Me. PB - Thorndike Press KW - United States KW - Marine Corps KW - Officers KW - Biography KW - Marine Regiment, 1st KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Korean War, 1950-1953 KW - Campaigns KW - Korea (North) KW - Changjin Reservoir Region KW - Regimental histories KW - Marines KW - Changjin Reservoir Region (Korea) KW - History, Military KW - Large type books N1 - "Published ... in arrangement with Grove/Atlantic"--T.p. verso; Originally published: New York : Atlantic Montly Press, c2009; Includes bibliographical references N2 - November, 1950. After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only chance for survival is through the Toktong Pass, which will need to be held open at all costs. The mission fell to Captain William Barber and his courageous Fox Company ER -