China’s biggest movie is about how a US Marine division held off 12 Chinese divisions

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Some American media outlets have described “The Battle at Lake Changjin” as China’s take on a major U.S. military defeat, but the reality is more nuanced. Despite taking heavy casualties, American troops and their allies survived the Chinese onslaught, and they were able to save South Korea from being absorbed by the communist North. The survivors of the battle have since been dubbed “The Chosin Few.”

The parents of current South Korean President Moon Jae-in were among the refugees evacuated from Hungnam in 1950.

For Marines in particular, the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir is “one of the inspiring epics of our history,” Gen. Randolph McCall Pate, who served as commandant of the Marine Corps from 1956 to 1959, wrote in forward to the third volume of the Corps’ official history of the Korean War.

“The ability of the Marines to fight their way through twelve Chinese divisions over a 78-mile mountain road in sub-zero weather cannot be explained by courage and endurance alone,” Pate wrote. “It also owed to the high degree of professional forethought and skill as well as the ‘uncommon valor’ expected of all Marines.”

By the end of the battle, 718 Marines had been killed and another 192 were missing; 3,485 Marines had been wounded in action and 7,338 were listed as “non-battle casualties” which included frostbite and indigestion, according to the Marine Corps’ official history.

Perhaps less well known but no less important are the sacrifices that U.S. soldiers made during the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir. The 31st Regimental Combat Team – also known as Task Force MacLean and later Task Force Faith – blocked the Chinese advance for five days on the eastern side of the reservoir, allowing the Marines to withdraw, according to the Army Historical Foundation.

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----- > mgkn hollywood jg perlu bikin war movie about that Battle of Chosin Reservoir..... sekitar 30rb tentara amrik vs 120rb TPR pd akhir 1950....... Pasukan amrik bs bertahan dan bisa pindah jalur peperangan dari ujung utara nya korut ke wilayah nya korsel........