Give me tomorrow
Subtitle: the Korean War's greatest untold story--the epic stand of the marines of George Company
By: Patrick K. O'Donnell
Publisher: Da Capo Press; Perseus Running [distributor]
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780306818011; 9780306819421
Subjects: United States. Marine Corps; United States; Korean War, 1950-1953; American Participation; Regimental histories; History
Description: Offers the remarkable, but forgotten, story of George Company during the Korean War, an outfit of hastily trained green soldiers that faced an entire division of Chinese troops on the frozen tundra of Chosin Reservoir.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The "Minutemen of 1950"; title: 2. The Great Gamble; title: 3. Voyage; title: 4. Inchon; title: 5. Tank!; title: 6. Yongdungpo; title: 7. Seoul; title: 8. Urban Holocaust; title: 9. North Korean Counterattack; title: 10. Retrograde; title: 11. Wonsan; title: 12. Majon-ni: Luck of the Draw; title: 13. Goldbricking It; title: 14. The Road North; title: 15. The Road to Hell; title: 16. Roadblocks; title: 17. "At All Costs"; title: 18. Hagaru; title: 19. East Hill; title: 20. "We're Going to Fight like Hell"; title: 21. Holding the Line; title: 22. Breakout; title: 23. The Living Walked. The Dead Rode; title: 24. The Final Push; title: Appendix A. After Chosin; title: Appendix B. Then and Now; title: Appendix C. Citations; title: Appendix D. Letter to David Douglas Duncan; title: Appendix E. The Fallen Members of George Company, 1950-1953.