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1/4: Unfinished Christmas tragedy: 1/4: Give Me Tomorrow: The Korean War's Greatest Untold Story -- The Epic Stand of the Marines of George Company Kindle Edition by Patrick K. O'Donnell (Author)

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🗓️ 25 December 2022

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1/4: Unfinished Christmas tragedy: 1/4: Give Me Tomorrow: The Korean War's Greatest Untold Story -- The Epic Stand of the Marines of George Company Kindle Edition by Patrick K. O'Donnell (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Give-Me-Tomorrow-Greatest-Story-ebook/dp/B004BKJB9Q/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1669241951&sr=1-1

After storming ashore at Inchon and fighting house-to-house in Seoul, George Company, one of America's last units in reserve, found itself on the frozen tundra of the Chosin Reservoir facing elements of an entire division of Chinese troops. They didn't realize it then, but they were soon to become crucial to the battle-modern-day Spartans called upon to hold off ten times their number. Give Me Tomorrow is their unforgettable story of bravery and courage.

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0:40.4

Korea, the Korean War of 1950 to 1953 is unending. I welcome Patrick K. O'Donnell. Patrick

0:49.4

is the author of Give Me Tomorrow. The Korean War's greatest untold story, the epic stand

0:55.7

of the Marines of George Company. We go immediately to the end of November 1950, where in a place

1:02.5

that is according to the memory of the veterans of the Marine Corps is a place that's suggestive

1:10.4

of primeval times. Dinosaurs could come out of the hills. This is the area that is remembered

1:18.3

as the retreat from the Chosen Reservoir, but really it's a long roadway all the way up

1:23.9

to the Chosen Reservoir from the Sea of Japan. We're at a place now where there is desperation.

1:30.9

The Chinese in the hundreds of thousands have attacked the Marines of Ten Corps who are

1:39.5

strong along this long road and in and around the Chosen Reservoir. The group we care most

1:47.1

about is George Company, which because of the difficulties of transportation is that the

1:52.7

end of the long train of Marines plunging into deeper into North Korea. The reason we're

2:00.1

with George Company at this moment is that George Company and a few other elements such

2:05.3

as British Commandos are all that the commander, Lieutenant Colonel Chesty Puller has to send

2:13.6

in to secure the gathering together of the exposed Marine elements, where to place called

2:20.5

Koto Rii. It's necessary to go up this single road, which Patrick describes as an elevated

2:28.4

dike to Hagarou Rii. Patrick, congratulations and a very good evening to you. I go immediately

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