Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Korea 1950

On General Douglas MacArthur's orders, a force of 12,000 U.S. Marines were marching north to the Yalu river in late November 1950. These three regiments of the 1st Marine Division--strung out along eighty miles of a narrow mountain road--soon found themselves completely surrounded by 60,000 Chinese soldiers. Despite being given up for lost by the military brass, the 1st Marine Division fought its way out of the frozen mountains, miraculously taking thier dead and wounded with them as they ran the gauntlet of unceasing Chinese attacks.This is the gripping story that Martin Russ tells in his extraordinary book. Breakout is an unforgettable portrayal of the terror and courage of men as they face sudden death, making the bloody battles of the Korean hills and valleys come alive as they never have before.

Of interest will be the new PBS American Experience Documentary "The Battle of Chosin", which premiered on November 1, 2016.

• The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
• The Frozen Chosen: The 1st Marine Division and the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir
• Give Me Tomorrow: The Korean War's Greatest Untold Story--The Epic Stand of the Marines of George Company
• On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle
• The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
• Colder Than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir
• This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
• American Experience: The Battle of Chosin DVD
• On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle
• East of Chosin: Entrapment and Breakout in Korea, 1950 (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)