Description: Christmas Far from Home : An Epic Tale of Courage and Survival During the Korean War, Paperback by Weintraub, Stanley, ISBN 0306824132, ISBN-13 9780306824135, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "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 MacArthurflew 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, anoverwhelmed 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"--
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Book Title: Christmas Far from Home : an Epic Tale of Courage and Survival During the Korean War
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Hachette Books
Item Height: 0.8 in
Topic: United States / 20th Century, Military / Korean War, Holidays / Christmas & Advent, Asia / Korea
Publication Year: 2015
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Religion, History
Item Weight: 11.9 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Stanley Weintraub
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
