MAO'S CHINA ATTACKS: 3/4: Give Me Tomorrow: The Korean War's Greatest Untold Story—The Epic Stand of the Marines of George Company,by Patrick K. O'Donnell.
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🗓️ 27 November 2023
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After nearly four months of continuous and agonizing combat on the battlefields of Korea, such a simple request seemed impossible. For many men of George Company, or “Bloody George” as they were known—one of the Forgotten War’s most decorated yet unrecognized companies—it was a wish that would not come true.
This is the untold story of “Bloody George,” a Marine company formed quickly to answer its nation’s call to duty in 1950. This small band of men—a colorful cast of characters, including a Native American fighting to earn his honor as a warrior, a Southern boy from Tennessee at odds with a Northern blue-blood reporter-turned-Marine, and a pair of twins who exemplified to the group the true meaning of brotherhood—were mostly green troops who had been rushed through training to fill America’s urgent need on the Korean front. They would find themselves at the tip of the spear in some of the Korean War’s bloodiest battles.
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.
1951
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| 0:40.0 | and the author of Give Me Tomorrow, the Korean Wars Greatest Untold Story, the epic stand of the Marines of George Company. |
| 0:47.0 | George Company is now part of a very large contingent of US Marines, the First Division. |
| 0:52.0 | Moving up the single road towards the Choson Reservoir. |
| 0:58.3 | It is winter. |
| 1:00.1 | It is extremely cold. |
| 1:02.3 | They are committing themselves to an attack that MacArthur believes |
| 1:06.6 | can reach the Yalu River and clear out North Korea of communists. At the same time, the army on the west shore from Seoul is launching an |
| 1:16.8 | attack north as well. It looks like on a map two pincer elements are moving towards the yellow because it is MacArthur's opinion and his |
| 1:26.7 | subordinate Ned Aulman's opinion that the North Korean army has broken and that there |
| 1:31.6 | are at most 100,000 Chinese in North Korea which we can handle goes |
| 1:36.9 | the opinion of the Army, MacArthur, and Alman. |
| 1:40.1 | The Marine Corps, however, is cautious. |
| 1:42.6 | OP Smith commanding the First Marine Division is extremely cautious. |
| 1:46.6 | But Patrick, there's nothing they can do about that single road. |
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