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Author:

Drury, Bob.

Title:

The last stand of Fox Company : a true story of U.S. Marines in combat / Bob Drury and Tom Clavin.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Distributed by Publishers Group West,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

353 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Korean War, 1950-1953--Campaigns--Changjin Reservoir.--Changjin Reservoir.
United States.--Fox Company.--Marines, 7th.--Battalion, 2nd.--Fox Company.
Korean War, 1950-1953--Regimental histories--United States.
Changjin Reservoir (Korea)--History, Military--20th century.

Other Authors:

Clavin, Thomas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-334) and index.

Contents:

The hill -- The attack -- The siege -- "We will hold" -- The ridgerunners.

Summary:

During the Korean War, 234 heroic marines from Fox Company, First Division, held off a force of 10,000 Chinese soldiers in subzero weather to secure the Toktong Pass. This is their story.

ISBN:

0871139936 (hc)
9780871139931 (hc)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)275170519

LCCN:

2009455503

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