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East of Chosin (Record no. 17117)

020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 57273
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 951.9042 App
Item number 15
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 951.9042 App
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Appleman, Roy Edgar
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title East of Chosin
Remainder of title entrapment and breakout in Korea.
Statement of responsibility, etc by Roy E. Appleman
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Tx A&M Univ Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1987
Place of publication, distribution, etc Texas
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 361 p.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes Index and Bibliography
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Title


The war in Korea, November, 1950 --
Army troops assemble at Chosin Reservoir --
The Army occupies the Marines' forward position --
The enemy at Chosin : what was known--
the unknown --
The first night, November 27-28 --
The next day, November 28 --
The second night, November 28-29 --
The 31st Regimental Combat Team consolidates at the Inlet --
Captain Drake's second tank attack, November 29 --
The 2nd Battalion, 31st Infantry, fails to arrive --
MacArthur calls a conference, November 28 --
The third night--
Task Force Faith at the Inlet --
Withdrawal from Hudong-ni to Hagaru-ri --
The fourth night at the Inlet, November 30-December 1 --
Breakout from the Inlet Perimeter, December 1 --
The first blown bridge --
The Chinese block at Hill 1221 --
The Chinese destroy the convoy --
Those who escaped to Hagaru-ri --
The question of a relief force --
American and enemy losses --
Could Task Force Faith have been saved? --
Epilogue.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Roy Appleman's East of Chosin, first published in 1987, won acclaim from reviewers, readers, and veterans and their families. For the first time, there was one complete and accessible record of what happened to the army troops trapped east of the Chosin Reservoir during the first wintry blast of the Korean War. Based heavily on the author's interviews and correspondence with the survivors, East of Chosin provided some of those men with their first clue to the fate of fellow soldiers. In November of 1950, U.S. forces had pushed deep into North Korea. Unknown to them, Chinese troops well equipped for below zero temperatures and blizzard conditions were pushing south. With the 1st Marine Division on the west side of the frozen Chosin reservoir, the army's hastily assembled 31st Regimental Combat Team, 3,000 strong, advanced up the east side of the reservoir. Task Force Faith in the extreme northern position caught the surprise Chinese attack. With rifles and vehicles often immobilized in the cold and snow, the task force struggled to retreat through a tortuous mountain gauntlet of enemy fire. With truckloads of dead and wounded trapped along on the road, a few of the 385 survivors trudged across the frozen reservoir to alert the marines to their plight. ON THE US ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF'S PROFESSIONAL READING LIST.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Korean War, Campaigns
General subdivision Changjin Reservoir
Chronological subdivision 1950-1953
Geographic subdivision Korea (North)
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 31st.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Source of classification or shelving scheme
Koha item type 900 - 999
Holdings
Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Permanent Location Current Location Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date checked out Public note
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