The last stand of Fox Company : a true story of U.S. Marines in combat / by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin.
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TextSeries: Thorndike Press large print nonfiction seriesPublication details: Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.Edition: Large print edDescription: 579 p. (large print) : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 1410414132 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9781410414137 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- United States. Marine Corps -- Officers -- Biography
- United States. Marine Corps. Marine Regiment, 1st -- History -- 20th century
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns -- Korea (North) -- Changjin Reservoir Region
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Regimental histories -- United States
- Marines -- United States -- Biography
- Changjin Reservoir Region (Korea) -- History, Military -- 20th century
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Large Print NonFiction | 951.9042 D796 | Available | 33111005831363 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This work offers a fast-paced and gripping account of heroism and self-sacrifice in the face of impossible odds. The authors have conducted dozens of firsthand interviews with the survivors of the deadly Korean War battle known as Fox Hill.
"Published ... in arrangement with Grove/Atlantic"--T.p. verso.
Originally published: New York : Atlantic Montly Press, c2009.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.