Surrounded, from "The Battle of Chosin"

[@robmitchell801]

Amen! Some of the bravest men ever!

[@jasonrosenfarb5277]

God bless these Marines and the ones who didn't make it.

[@mac26x98]

A Marine Story I would like to NEVER be forgotten.......As a Navy Hospital Corpsman 1949-51 I had many wounded (frozen) Korean Marines from Chosin that needed quick med care and were coming state side very fast, so it was front-line medic if available, M.A.S.H then airlifted via AF C-54, rest-refueling stop at Hickam then on stateside, Travis. One marine "non-Chosin" I transported from Travis AFB had a cast (Spica) from his waist down to the knee on his left leg and all the way on the right with a turnbuckle out the bottom that was tighten to keep his leg stretched because the Femur was gone. On the AmBus his litter wouldn't fit in a litter station so I had to place him on the floor for the "bumpy ride" to Oak Knoll. Needless to say he was in a lot of pain, I had to give him a shot of Morphine to at least relieve it somewhat. The M.A.S.H docs had put a little box on the inside bottom of the cast full of Maggots to keep the infection abated. Our Oak Knoll med guys removed it before he went to x-ray the same night I transported him. The leg was so far gone they had to amputate it right after the cast and "Maggots" were removed because it started Hemorrhaging again. I ask for and got permission to stand a "Special" watch on him that same night. I had my 2 hour watch on him as he came out of surgery without a right leg. The Chaplin came in and told me not to mention it to him, he would when he came-out of anesthesia. You talk about about a Gung-Ho Marine, when the Chaplin told him his leg was gone, he didn't say anything for what seemed like a long time, maybe only a few seconds, but his first words were "Does that mean I have to leave the Corps". He had taken three 30cal bullets instead of across they were from just above the knee up to the hip, a few inches apart. They went in small from the left front but took most of the femur bone and flesh from the knee to the hip joint going out. I had one of the best Black guy Ambus bus drivers you would ever want, he did super and was a great help on every trip. On the trip out in the morning him living in Oakland, we would stop by his house (he made his own beer) to pick up a couple bottles for our trip but he never over did it ever, the one each was all. We always liked eating at David Grant, Travis hospital before picking up our patients for the trip back to Oak Knoll. This is the story I sent to my email "Chosin Few org for their newsletter" Marine friend that I transported News Years 50-51, he was frozen but not too bad and stayed in the Corps retiring as a Major I think he told me.

[@chrisholland7367]

God bless the the Royal Marines who endured the march out with their U.S counterparts at chosin. 🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@manilanoakes3966]

I didn't know there were Royal Marines there, I'll have to look it up thanks.

[@jacobpetitta7038]

My great grandfather was in the army and faught in Korea. God bless them all

[@simonchow1473]

You are lucky to be alive,love from the PVA

[@AndthenthereisCencorship-xc6yi]

The Chosin Reservoir was one of the toughest fights the marines had ever faced, period. Imagine being overrun on so many encounters during this fight. The temperatures cause equipment not to work. The constant harassment over a number of days. I read everything I could get my hands on about this battle. They faced annihilation, not just being surrounded and cut off. They were outnumbered somewhere in the ballpark of 7 to 1, or 10,000 marines and army units against 70,000 Chinese. It was one of the most desperate fights in the marine corps history.

[@americanmilitiaman88]

My grandpa landed at inchon and was at chosin when the chinese came across

[@mr.m1garand254]

Everyone go watch it on amazon prime

[@Voucher765]

The reason why the temperatures at Chosin were so frigid was because a cold front from Siberia hit the 1st Division Marines stationed there.

[@aescoto1523]

Why is there no mention of Task Force Faith? They were on the other side (north) of the Chosin, they were 2500 manned Regiment attacked by 3 divisions of Chinese. The Marines were a full division strong with 10,000 men attacked by 3 divisions yet more attention is given to them for their heroic stand. They had a lot more firepower than the Army Regiment, but again little is mentioned of their bravery....they held for 5 days against relentless attacks covering the Marine flank and not allowing them to get cut off....it took 50 years for them to receive a Presidential Unit Citation! Marine 4 star Davies apologized for the Navy and the Marine Corps actions at the time in essentially taking all the credit for a heroic stand and at the same time denigrating the Army's role at the Chosin. If you are wondering why none of the officers in command spoke up for their own unit? Because MOST of them were KIA and severely WIA at the time and were thusly unable to speak for them. TF Faith 800-900 KIA ; 1100 WIA; 300 POW; 100 MIA. About 800 made it out of the Chosin, , most of whom were wounded...those are accurate.

[@AngryBritishBoy]

Hello! Late reply but if it gives you any solace TF Faith and 7ID are given attention in the full length documentary. 👍🏻

[@aescoto1523]

@Dean M not on that day, the Army fought harder against much larger odds...

[@tigertiger1699]

🌹🥵

[@WomanBettar59]

What?

[@tigertiger1699]

YeetusTheFeatus What? You think🤔

[@johnnytsui7521]

Make it a film just like "Band of Brothers" or "Saving Private Ryan". The Chinese movie about the battle released recently is just propoganda. In the movie, their infantrymen are like Rambo who could immeditately operate a captured U.S tank to shoot other U.S. tanks or blow up U.S. tanks just with grenades. The most "incredible" scene is using a bazooka to shoot down a U.S. F-6 fighter. It is a crap!

[@keneu7135]

Hay...The Chinese using bamboo sticks to take down few the most advanced high altitude spy planes U2s......I'm sure you think it it crap too....😅😅

[@johnnytsui7521]

@@keneu7135 They used Soviet-made missiles to shoot down the U2s. Not bazookas!

[@keneu7135]

@@johnnytsui7521 ..You better show me which USSR missile can hit 70000fts target at 1962.🤣

[@wyt168]

@@keneu7135 : It’s the S-75 Dvina.

[@frankiezhu7712]

if the US soldiers were so great, why were driven away by Chinese troops with poorly equipped and no airforce and navy？