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By early 1951 American forces and their UN allies had been driven more than 100 miles down the Korean peninsula by the Chinese The situation was bleak when Gen Matthew Ridgway ordered a last stand at the village of Chipyongni There a single regiment the 23rd Infantry of fewer than 5000 US soldiers defeated a Chinese division of 25000 men in what has been called the Gettysburg of the Korean War
Intense history of one of the most important battles of the Korean War
Fromthefoxhole account of a doordie defense
Draws from memoirs interviews unit reports intelligence summaries and personal research in South Korea
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