A Christmas far from home : an epic tale of courage and survival during the Korean War

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Label

A Christmas far from home : an epic tale of courage and survival during the Korean War

Title remainder

an epic tale of courage and survival during the Korean War

Statement of responsibility

Stanley Weintraub

Creator

• Weintraub, Stanley, 1929-

Contributor

• Blackstone Audio, Inc
• Hillgartner, Malcolm, (reader)

Narrator

• Hillgartner, Malcolm, (reader)

Subject

• Marines -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• United States, Army | Corps, 10th -- History -- 20th century
• Christmas -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century
• Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns -- Korea (North) | Changjin Reservoir
• HISTORY / Military / Korean War
• Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Survival -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century
• Audiobooks
• Downloadable audio books
• Courage -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century
• Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Regimental histories -- United States
• Escapes -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century

Genre

• Audiobooks
• Downloadable audio books

Language

eng

Summary

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 Tenth 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 four-thousand-foot chasm made escape seem impossible in the face of a vanishing Christmas. But endurance and sacrifice prevailed, and the last troopships 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

Accompanying matter

technical information on music

Cataloging source

RECBC

Dewey number

951.904/24

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

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LC call number

DS918.2.C35

LC item number

W45 2014ab

Literary text for sound recordings

history

Music parts

not applicable

PerformerNote

Narrated by Malcolm Hillgartner

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable