{"id":56727,"date":"2014-11-28T08:32:49","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T13:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=56727"},"modified":"2014-11-28T08:44:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-28T13:44:24","slug":"chosin-few-64-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=56727","title":{"rendered":"Chosin Few; 64 years later"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stars & Stripes<\/a> reminds us that the battle for Chosin Reservoir began in Korea 64 years ago today with their reprinting of an article from the Daily Interlake<\/a> in Montana which interviews local survivor, Capt. Richard Wayne Bolton, 82, of Happy Valley;<\/p>\n

\u201cThey waited until dark to attack,\u201d Bolton said. \u201cWhen they came, they blew bugles and whistles and shouted. The Chinese came in waves and they came, and they came, and then in the daylight they completely disappeared to wait for dark to attack again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought the whole division was going to die,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe Chinese came to annihilate the 1st Marine Division and I thought every one of us was going to die.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Battle of the Chosin Reservoir is one of the epic battles in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps. The Marines who survived are accorded a special level of deference. One of the most famous quotes to come out of the battle is that of Marine Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Smith who said, \u201cRetreat, hell! We\u2019re not retreating, we\u2019re just advancing in a different direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

The surrounded, outnumbered Marines not only managed to break free of the Chinese, they inflicted heavy casualties as they went.<\/p>\n

\u201cMao said they won the battle but they lost 45,000 men in the fight. The Chinese 9th Army was combat-ineffective,\u201d Bolton stated. \u201cBut the 1st Marine Division was still in action.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Green Bay’s NBC26<\/a> interviews another survivor, Jim Jolly, from Waupaca;<\/p>\n