Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of Marines in Combat by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin -353 pages
These authors have collaborated on several history related topics, and this book recounts a harrowing episode during the Korean War in late 1950. A Marine company of the 1st Division was assigned to hold a hilltop overlooking a key road junction to allow U.N. forces to retreat from the Chosin Reservoir area that came under relentless attack from Chinese Communist Forces in North Korea. For several days, the Marines and corpsmen fought off an entire enemy division while enduring sub-zero weather. During firefights, the corpsmen even had to keep morphine syrettes in their mouths to keep the morphine from freezing solid. The conditions were especially brutal for the wounded who could not be evacuated. Three Marines were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions during this battle. This is a graphic book, but well worth reading for anyone wanting to know more about the Korean War.
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