The last stand of Fox Company : a true story of U.S. Marines in combat

Author

Bob Drury

Call Number

• 951.9 D796 (CEN)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York : Atlantic Monthly Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2009.

Physical Description

353 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 24 cm.

Summary

During the Korean War, 234 heroic marines from Fox Company, First Division, held off a force of 10,000 Chinese soldiers in subzero weather to secure the Toktong Pass. This is their story.

Contents

• The hill
• The attack
• The siege
• "We will hold"
• The ridgerunners.