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Author Weintraub, Stanley, 1929-2019

Title A Christmas far from home : an epic tale of courage and survival during the Korean War / Stanley Weintraub.

Publication Info. Boston, Massachusetts : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group Press, 2014.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  HISTORY—WAR 1950—KOREAN—Weintraub    In Processing
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  951.9 WEINTRAUB    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  951.904 WEI    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  951.9042 W43    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  951.904 WEI    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  951.9042 WEINTRAUB    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  951.904 WEINTRAUB    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  951.904 WE    Check Shelf
Description xvi, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-276) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns -- Korea (North) -- Changjin Reservoir.
United States. Army. Corps, 10th -- History -- 20th century.
Marines -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Christmas -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century.
Escapes -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century.
Courage -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century.
Survival -- Korea (North) -- History -- 20th century.
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
ISBN 9780306822322 (hardcover)
0306822326 (hardcover)
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