U. S. Marine Operations in Korea 1950-1953, Volume III (of 5): The Chosin Reservoir Campaign

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Author

Montross, Lynn, 1895-1961

Title

U.S. Marine Operations in Korea, 1950-1953, Volume 3 (of 5) The Chosin Reservoir Campaign

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Brian Coe, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

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DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns

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eBook-No.

65009

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65009

Release Date

April 6, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.U. S. MARINE OPERATIONS IN KOREA 1950–1953 VOLUME III The Chosin Reservoir Campaign
2. 2.Foreword
3. 3.Preface
4. 4.Contents
5. 5.Illustrations
6. 6.CHAPTER I Problems Of Victory — Decision to Cross the 38th Parallel — Surrender Message to NKPA Forces — MacArthur’s Strategy of Celerity — Logistical Problems of Advance — Naval Missions Prescribed — X Corps Relieved at Seoul — Joint Planning for Wonsan Landing
7. 7.CHAPTER II The Wonsan Landing — ROK Army Captures Wonsan — Marine Loading and Embarkation — Two Weeks of Mine Sweeping — Operation Yo-Yo — Marine Air First at Objective — MacArthur Orders Advance to Border — Landing of 1st Marine Division
8. 8.CHAPTER III First Blood At Kojo — 1/1 Sent to Kojo — Marine Positions in Kojo Area — The All-Night Fight of Baker Company — 2/1 Ordered to Kojo — Security Provided for Wonsan Area — Marines Relieved at Kojo
9. 9.CHAPTER IV Majon-ni and Ambush Alley — Marine Units Tied In for Defense — Political Aspects of Mission — Roads Patrolled by Rifle Companies — Air Drop of Supplies Requested — First Attack on Perimeter — KMC Battalion Sent to Majon-ni — Movement of 1st Marines to Chigyong
10. 10.CHAPTER V Red China to the Rescue — Chinese in X Corps Zone — Introducing the New Enemy — Communist Victory in Civil War — Organization of the CCF — The Chinese Peasant as a Soldier — CCF Arms and Equipment — China’s “Hate America” Campaign — CCF Strategy and Tactics
11. 11.CHAPTER VI The Battle of Sudong — The MSR from Hungnam to Yudam-ni — ROKs Relieved by 7th Marines — CCF Counterattack at Sudong — Two Marine Battalions Cut Off — End of NKPA Tank Regiment — The Fight for How Hill — Disappearance of CCF Remnants — Koto-ri Occupied by 7th Marines
12. 12.CHAPTER VII Advance To The Chosin Reservoir — Attacks on Wonsan-Hungnam MSR — Appraisals of the New Enemy — The Turning Point of 15 November — Changes in X Corps Mission — Marine Preparations for Trouble — Supplies Trucked to Hagaru — Confidence of UN Command — Marine Concentration on MSR
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII Crisis at Yudam-ni — Marine Attack on 27 November — Marine Dispositions Before CCF Attack — The Battle of Northwest Ridge — Chinese Seize Hill 1403 — Fighting at 3/5’s CP — The Battle of North Ridge
14. 14.CHAPTER IX Fox Hill — Encirclement of Company C of RCT-7 — Fox Company at Toktong Pass — Marine Counterattacks on North Ridge — Deadlock on Hill 1240 — The Fight for Northwest Ridge — Second Night’s Attacks on Fox Hill — Not Enough Tents for Casualties — The Turning Point of 30 November
15. 15.CHAPTER X Hagaru’s Night of Fire — Four-Mile Perimeter Required — Attempts to Clear MSR — Intelligence as to CCF Capabilities — Positions of Marine Units — CCF Attack from the Southwest — East Hill Lost to Enemy — The Volcano of Supporting Fires — Marine Attacks on East Hill
16. 16.CHAPTER XI Task Force Drysdale — CCF Attacks on 2/1 at Koto-ri — Convoy Reinforced by Marine Tanks — The Fight in Hell Fire Valley — Attack of George Company on East Hill — High Level Command Conference — CCF Attacks of 1 December at Hagaru — Rescue of U. S. Army Wounded — First Landings on Hagaru Airstrip
17. 17.CHAPTER XII Breakout From Yudam-ni — Joint Planning for Breakout — The Fight for Hills 1419 and 1542 — March of 1/7 Over the Mountains — Attack of 3/5 on 1–2 December — The Ridgerunners of Toktong Pass — CCF Attacks on Hills 1276 and 1542 — Advance of Darkhorse on 2–3 December — Entry into Hagaru Perimeter
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII Regroupment at Hagaru — 4312 Casualties Evacuated by Air — 537 Replacements Flown to Hagaru — Air Drops of Ammunition — Planning for Breakout to Koto-ri — 3/1 Relieved by RCT-5 at Hagaru — East Hill Retaken from Chinese — Attack of RCT-7 to the South — Advance of the Division Trains
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV Onward from Koto-ri — Assembly of Division at Koto-ri — Activation of Task Force Dog — Air Drop of Bridge Sections — Division Planning for Attack — Battle of 1/1 in the Snowstorm — Advance of RCT-7 and RCT-5 — Marine Operations of 9 and 10 December — Completion of Division Breakout
20. 20.CHAPTER XV The Hungnam Redeployment — Marines Billeted in Hungnam Area — Embarkation of 1st Marine Division — The Last Ten Days at Hungnam — Marines Arrive at New Assembly Area — Contributions of Marine Aviation — Losses Sustained by the Enemy — Results of the Reservoir Campaign
21. 21.APPENDIX A Glossary of Technical Terms and Abbreviations
22. 22.APPENDIX B Task Organization 1st Marine Division
23. 23.APPENDIX C Naval Task Organization
24. 24.APPENDIX D Effective Strength of 1st Marine Division 669
25. 25.APPENDIX E 1st Marine Division Casualties 670
26. 26.APPENDIX F Command and Staff List 8 October-15 December 1950
27. 27.APPENDIX G Enemy Order of Battle
28. 28.APPENDIX H Air Evacuation Statistics 676
29. 29.APPENDIX I Unit Citations
30. 30.Bibliography — Documents — OTHER SOURCES
31. 31.Index
32. 32.Transcriber’s Notes

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