I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5928 
To designate a peak in the State of Alaska as ‘‘Mount Chosin Few’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2012 
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To designate a peak in the State of Alaska as ‘‘Mount 
Chosin Few’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘The Mount Chosin 
Few Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953, the 
Korean War was fought between the Korean Peo-
ple’s Army of the Democratic People’s Republic of 
Korea and the Republic of Korea Army with the 
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United States and Allies backing the Republic of 
Korea; 
(2) the invasion of Korea marked the first mili-
tary action of the Cold War; 
(3) at the end of the invasion, approximately 
5,000,000 soldiers and civilians lost their lives; 
(4) the Chosin Reservoir is a manmade lake 
that lies in the northern region of Korea and con-
tains the only road that leads to Hungnam port; 
(5) in late November 1950, the Allied forces 
sent 20,000 soldiers, primarily from the First Ma-
rine Division, over the Taebek Mountains to capture 
the northern end of the Korean Peninsula; 
(6) on November 27, 1950, at the Chosin Res-
ervoir, Korea, the Marines of the First Marine Divi-
sion, along with elements of the Third and Seventh 
Infantry Divisions, were surprised and quickly sur-
rounded by an overwhelming Chinese force, which 
outnumbered the Allied forces by a ratio of 10 to 1; 
(7) the fighting that ensued at the Chosin Res-
ervoir was among the most brutal in modern times 
due, in part, to temperatures that were less than 
zero degrees Farenheit and wind speeds of up to 50 
miles per hour; 
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(8) due to the brutal winter conditions at the 
Chosin Reservoir, many soldiers in the Allied forces 
froze to death and almost all of the Allied soldiers 
suffered from severe frostbite; 
(9) although the Chinese troops managed to 
surround and outnumber the ‘‘Chosin Few’’, the Al-
lied forces broke out of the encirclement, carrying 
dead and wounded soldiers of the Allied forces, try-
ing to reach the Hungnam port; 
(10) the Allied soldiers trekked 70 miles in the 
brutal weather while inflicting further losses on the 
Chinese Army, killing about 30,000 Chinese soldiers; 
(11) on December 11, 1950, the last of the Al-
lied forces miraculously managed to make it to the 
Hungnam port, where they would later be evacuated; 
(12) overall, approximately 3,000 soldiers in the 
Allied forces died in the battle and approximately 
13,000 were wounded; 
(13) 17 of the Allied soldiers who fought at the 
Chosin Reservoir received the Congressional Medal 
of Honor, the highest honor the Nation can bestow 
upon a soldier; 
(14) more than 70 Navy Crosses were awarded 
to Allied soldiers who fought at the Chosin Res-
ervoir; and 
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(15) the designation of an unnamed peak in the 
Chugach National Forest in the State of Alaska in 
honor of the soldiers who fought courageously in the 
Chosin Reservoir during the Korean war would be a 
fitting tribute to the sacrifices the ‘‘Chosin Few’’ 
made for their country. 
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MOUNT CHOSIN FEW IN THE 
STATE OF ALASKA. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the unnamed peak lo-
cated at latitude 60°49’47’’ N and longitude 145°08’01’’ 
W in the Alaska Chugach National Forest in the State 
of Alaska shall be known and designated as ‘‘Mount 
Chosin Few’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 
States to the peak referred to in subsection (a) shall be 
deemed to be a reference to ‘‘Mount Chosin Few’’. 
Æ 
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