Chosin Reservoir

<P>Much has been documented about US soldiers' involvement in the Korean War. In this memoir one officer details the little-known events of the battle of the Koto-ri Pass in North Korea in 1950. Chosin Reservoir narrates the role of the First Platoon Battery A Fiftieth AAA Battalion X Corps US Army in facilitating the withdrawal of the First Marine Division from the Chosin Reservoir.</P> <P>Providing firsthand insight into the realities of war author Merrill Harper a retired lieutenant colonel of the US Army tells the story of how one army officer and three enlisted men were able to break up a ten thousand man Chinese ambush on Koto-ri Pass killing 7500 Chinese and running the rest over the next mountains within six hours.</P> <P>In addition to chronicling the war-related events in North Korea in 1950 Harper a soldier who was wounded twenty-four times discusses his career leading up to the battle and shares other details from his twenty-two years of service in the military.</P>