Bibliograph

A Christmas Far from Home, An Epic Tale of Courage and Survival during the Korean War

Type

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A Christmas Far from Home, An Epic Tale of Courage and Survival during the Korean War

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A Christmas Far from Home

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

892239080

Sub title

An Epic Tale of Courage and Survival during the Korean War

Summary

<Div>An anecdote-rich narrative of the 1950 holiday season during the Korean War, when, just after Thanksgiving, tens of thousands of US troops were surrounded in the Chosin reservoir area by hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops and began a terrible and difficult retreat, which finally ended on Christmas Day.</div>

Table Of Contents

Preface; 1 -- A Turkey for Thanksgiving; 2 -- Upbeat Thanksgiving; 3 -- The Pincers Parlay; 4 -- Mission Impossible: The Offensive Short-Circuits; 5 -- An ""Entirely New War""; 6 -- Beginning the Breakout; 7 -- Hagaru to Koto-ri; 8 -- A Bridge Apart; 9 -- Downhill All the Way; 10 -- Christmas Eve; Epilogue; Sources; Acknowledgments; Index

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