{"product_id":"the-frozen-chosen-the-1st-marine-division-and-the-battle-of-the-chosin-reservoir-paperback","title":"The Frozen Chosen: The 1st Marine Division and the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas McKelvey Cleaver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Frozen Chosen\u003c\/i\u003e is an account of the breakout from the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea by the 1st Marine Division from November to December 1950, following the intervention of Red China in the Korean War. Fought during the worst blizzard in a century, it is considered by the United States Marine Corps to be \"the Corps' finest hour.\" Fourteen Medals of Honor, a record for any American battle, and eighty-five Navy Crosses--many awarded in lieu of an original nomination for the Medal of Honor--attest to the intensity of the battle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on first-person interviews from surviving veterans who came to be known as the \"Frozen Chosen,\" this is the incredible story of heroism and bravery in the face of overwhelming odds, as a handful of Marines fought desperately against wave after wave of Chinese forces. Sometimes forced into desperate hand-to-hand fighting in intense cold, cut off from reinforcements, and with dwindling supplies and ammunition, the fighting retreat from Chosin marked one of the darkest moments for Western forces in Korea, it but would go on to resonate with generations of Marines as a symbol of the Marine Corps' dogged determination, fighting skill, and never-say-die attitude on the battlefield.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas McKelvey Cleaver has been a published writer for the past 40 years. He is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eFlight Journal\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He has had a lifelong interest in the Korean War and this work is the product of 25 years of research. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAces of the 78th Fighter Group\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eFabled Fifteen: The Pacific War Saga \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof Carrier Air Group 15\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bridgebusters: The True \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eStory of the Catch-22 Bomb Group\u003c\/i\u003e. During his 30 years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, he wrote the cult classic\u003ci\u003e The Terror Within\u003c\/i\u003e and worked as a supervising producer on a number of TV and cable series. He served in the US Navy in Vietnam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772112437536,"sku":"9781472824882","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5e85d1611a570bb8a536704c278fde82.webp?v=1780399311","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-frozen-chosen-the-1st-marine-division-and-the-battle-of-the-chosin-reservoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}