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Colder Than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir (1996)

de Joseph R. Owen

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History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML: During the early, uncertain days of the Korean War, World War II veteran and company lieutenant Joe Owen saw firsthand how the hastily assembled mix of some two hundred regulars and raw reservists hardened into a superb Marine rifle company known as Baker-One-Seven. /> As comrades fell wounded and dead around them on the frozen slopes above Korea's infamous Chosin Reservoir, Baker-One-Seven's Marines triumphed against the relentless human-wave assaults of Chinese regulars and took part in the breakout that destroyed six to eight divisions of Chinese regulars. COLDER THAN HELL paints a vivid, frightening portrait of one of the most horrific infantry battles ever waged. .… (més)

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Korea. What a tough, tough conflict. This is a candid story told by a junior officer in the Marines. It's a testimony to the amazing strength and endurance of humans in conditions beyond austere. (

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dlinnen | Feb 3, 2024 |

Colder Than Hell is an outstanding combat memoir. The audiobook version (1999) won an award and takes it to a new level. The Battle of Chosin has operatic qualities that can justify reading multiple books even if your not a regular military reader. The book's strength is not explaining what happened generally, there are better books for that (see Hampton Sides), but the day to day POV of a Marine platoon leader and the politics and interactions among his subordinates and commanders. This may sound trivial but I came away with a better/reliable understanding of what it was like to fight in Korea than any book previously. (

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Stbalbach | Dec 24, 2020 |

Absolutely riveting first hand account of one 2nd Lt and his platoon/company fight from their call up in the US to the frozen hell of the Chosin Reservoir. Roughly 225 men landed, 27 walked down after the campaign was over. As most first hand accounts go the book wont give you much idea of the strategic overview of the campaign, but this cant be held against it as it is not that genre of book. Highly recommended to anyone interested in the Chosin Campaign or first hand Korean war accounts to learn a bit of 'the way it was' on the ground. (

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Nom de l'autor	Càrrec	Tipus d'autor	Obra?	Estat
Joseph R. Owen	—	autor primari	totes les edicions	calculat
Davis, Raymond G.	Pròleg	autor secundari	algunes edicions	confirmat

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History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:

During the early, uncertain days of the Korean War, World War II veteran and company lieutenant Joe Owen saw firsthand how the hastily assembled mix of some two hundred regulars and raw reservists hardened into a superb Marine rifle company known as Baker-One-Seven.
As comrades fell wounded and dead around them on the frozen slopes above Korea's infamous Chosin Reservoir, Baker-One-Seven's Marines triumphed against the relentless human-wave assaults of Chinese regulars and took part in the breakout that destroyed six to eight divisions of Chinese regulars. COLDER THAN HELL paints a vivid, frightening portrait of one of the most horrific infantry battles ever waged.

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