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High Tide in the Korean War - How an Outnumbered American Regiment Defeated the Chinese at the Battle of Chipyong-Ni (Hardcover)
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High Tide in the Korean War - How an Outnumbered American Regiment Defeated the Chinese at the Battle of Chipyong-Ni (Hardcover)
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On Sunday morning, July 9, 1950, the U.S. 23rd Infantry Regiment of
the 2nd Infantry Division received orders to deploy to Korea, where
the North Koreans had crossed the 38th Parallel just two weeks
earlier. In service in various forms since 1861, the 23rd Infantry
Regiment - nicknamed the "Tomahawks" - was, like other army units
following the downsizing of the military after World War II, short
on radios, weapons, and men. Nevertheless, the regiment amassed
volunteers to fill out its ranks and mobilised for the Far East. By
the time the 23rd Infantry arrived in South Korea, American forces
and their U.N. allies had been driven more than 100 miles down the
Korean Penninsula by the communist Chinese. In February 1951, with
his Eighth Army understrength and low on morale after weeks of
retreat, Lt. Gen. Matthew Ridgway ordered the 23rd Infantry, under
the command of Col. Paul Freeman, to hold the small town of
Chipyong-ni, a vital road hub east of Seoul. Faced with several
Chinese divisions totaling nearly 25,000 men, the 23rrd Infantry's
4,500 soldiers were outnumbered five to one. Trapped behind enemy
lines, the 23rd Infantry's last stand of February 12-15 could have
been one of the worst defeats in I.S. military history. Instead,
the regiment's victory has been called the "Gettysburg of the
Korean War" and altered the course of the remainder of the war. In
High Tide in the Korean War, Leo Barron retells the Battle of
Chipyong-ni from the point of view of thje commanders faced with a
do-or-die defense and the soldiers fighting from the foxholes,
outnumbered in unfamiliar territory in winter. Drawn from memoirs,
interviews iuntelligence summaries, unit reports and personal
research in South Kore, Barron's narrative is a gripping,
page-turning history of one of the most important battles of the
Korean War.
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