This is John Batchelor.

Excerpt from a conversation with Patrick O'Donnell of his book, Give Me Tomorrow,

which is the Korean War, the Untold Story of George Company, 3-1 Marines, holding what was called East Hill.

This is at Hagra Rhee in the retreat from the Chosin Reservoir.

The Marines were mauled badly and pulled back from an enormously overwhelming Chinese

offensive wave after wave of Chinese troops.

This is November, December, 1950.

And in this particular passage, Patrick explains what cannot be explained,

how George Company, less than 200 men perhaps, on an icy hill in 30 to 40 degree below zero temperatures,

held off with a few machine guns and not much ammo, held off wave after wave of a Chinese regiment or two attacking them.

That's 20 to 1, maybe 30 to 1 odds.

Hagaro Re was critical because they were building an airfield there to evacuate

Marines who are wounded and to bring in supplies in the long march to exit Korea

and get to the get to the docks and sail back because the Chinese were overwhelming.

This is East Hill, just a piece of the 1950 in Korea.

Remember that war is not over.

The ceasefire holds, but the war is not over.

It was never resolved.

And the wave after

Chinese demonstrate what the Chinese the PLA Army was capable of 70 years ago, 75 years ago, and may be capable of again in Asia.

Patrick O'Donnell.

At least a regiment, maybe even two, against a company of 250, maybe two hundred and fifty, maybe two hundred and fifty maybe two hundred men after the losses that they

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