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02815aam a2200337 a 4500 001 4EC684B4CDFD11E4A725F78FDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150319010038 008 150106s2014 000 0 eng u 020 $a 0306822334 020 $a 9780306822339 (e-book)\0306822326 (hardcover)\9780306822322 (hardcover) 040 $a AMAZON $d SILO 100 1 $a Weintraub, Stanley, 1929- 245 12 $a A Christmas far from home : $b an epic tale of courage and survival during the Korean War $c Stanley Weintraub. 264 1 $a Boston, MA $b Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group Press $c 2014. 300 $a xvi, 286 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a Foreword -- A Turkey for Thanksgiving -- Upbeat Thanksgiving -- The Pincers Parlay -- Mission Impossible -- An Entirely New War -- Beginning the Breakout -- Hagaru to Koto-ri -- A Bridge Apart -- Downhill All the Way -- Christmas Eve -- Epilogue. 500 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "From an acclaimed historian, the dramatic story of the Christmas escape of thousands of American troops overwhelmingly surrounded by the enemy in Korea's harsh terrain. 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 X 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 4,000-foot chasm made escape seem impossible in the face of a vanishing Christmas. But endurance and sacrifice prevailed, and the last troop ships 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"-- 650 $a Christmas $x 20th century. $x History $x 20th century. 650 $a Courage $x 20th century. $x History $x 20th century. 650 $a Escapes $x 20th century. $x History $x 20th century. 650 $a Korean War, 1950-1953 $x Changjin Reservoir. $x Korea (North) $x Changjin Reservoir. 650 $a Korean War, 1950-1953 $x United States. $x United States. 650 $a Marines $x 20th century. $x History $x 20th century. 650 $a Soldiers $x 20th century. $x History $x 20th century. 650 $a Survival $x 20th century. $x History $x 20th century. 650 $a United States. Army. Corps, 10th $x 20th century. $x 20th century. 941 $a 1 952 $l WUPB305 $d 20160920015143.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4EC684B4CDFD11E4A725F78FDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search