05158cam a2200709 i 4500 26072 26072 6970048 MeVbMML 20190502002359.0 180505s2018 nyuaf b 001 0deng 2018010543 9780385541152 (hardcover) 0385541155 9781101971215 (pbk.) 1101971215 9780385541152 30.00 0385541155 30.00 6816483 (OCoLC)1035218676 (OCoLC)1019639450 (OCoLC)on1035218676 6816483 6816483 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO YDX BDX OCLCF TOH VMI pcc a-kn--- a-kr--- n-us--- DS918.2.C35 S53 2018 951.904/242 23 DS918.2.C35 S53 2018 DS918.2.C35 S53 2018 951.9042 Sides 951.9042 Sides Sides, Hampton, author. 8881 On desperate ground : the Marines at the reservoir, the Korean War's greatest battle / Hampton Sides. Marines at the reservoir, the Korean War's greatest battle First edition. New York : Doubleday, [2018] xiii, 394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-378) and index. "On October 15, 1950, General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of UN troops in Korea, convinced President Harry Truman that the Communist forces of Kim Il-sung would be utterly defeated by Thanksgiving. The Chinese, he said with near certainty, would not intervene in the war. As he was speaking, 300,000 Red Chinese soldiers began secretly crossing the Manchurian border. Led by some 20,000 men of the First Marine Division, the Americans moved deep into the snowy mountains of North Korea, toward the trap Mao had set for the vainglorious MacArthur along the frozen shores of the Chosin Reservoir. What followed was one of the most heroicand harrowingoperations in American military history, and one of the classic battles of all time. Faced with probable annihilation, and temperatures plunging to 20 degrees below zero, the surrounded, and hugely outnumbered, Marines fought through the enemy forces with ferocity, ingenuity, and nearly unimaginable courage as they marched their way to the sea. Hampton Sides superb account of this epic clash relies on years of archival research, unpublished letters, declassified documents, and interviews with scores of Marines and Koreans who survived the siege"-- Provided by publisher. United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 1st History. 8882 Korean War, 1950-1953 Campaigns Korea (North) Changjin Reservoir. 8883 Changjin Reservoir (Korea) History, Military 20th century. 8884 New Shelf New Shelf New Shelf New Shelf New Shelf New Shelf New Shelf New Shelf ddc BOOK B1 NF 226515-1 DS918.2.C35 S53 2018 Boston Library 39999095157226 9 6 2 2 5 30.00 Item generated Nov 27 2018 3:53PM BPL NFX 26 213606-1 DS918.2.C35 S53 2018 Boston Library 39999095042188 9 6 2 2 5 30.00 Item generated Oct 3 2018 9:12AM BPL NFX 26 213606-1 DS918.2.C35 S53 2018 Boston Library 39999095042196 9 6 2 2 5 30.00 Item generated Oct 3 2018 9:12AM BPL NFX 26 213606-1 DS918.2.C35 S53 2018 Boston Library 39999095042204 9 6 2 2 5 30.00 Item generated Oct 3 2018 9:12AM BPL NFX 26 213606-1 DS918.2.C35 S53 2018 Boston Library 39999095042212 9 6 2 2 5 30.00 Item generated Oct 3 2018 9:12AM BPL NFX 26 213606-1 DS918.2.C35 S53 2018 Boston Library 39999095042220 9 6 2 2 5 30.00 Item generated Oct 3 2018 9:12AM BPL NFX 26 213606-1 DS918.2.C35 S53 2018 Boston Library 39999095042238 9 6 2 2 5 30.00 Item generated Oct 3 2018 9:12AM ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2018-12-11 30.00 11 3 951.90 SIDES 38270 2024-10-19 2024-10-02 2018-12-11 BOOK