The brutal fighting in the frozen hills around that manmade lake in late 1950 represented not victory, but a disaster narrowly avoided. Less well-known and less-easily celebrated than Guadalcanal or Iwo Jima of World War II, even as a young military officer I only knew the name Chosin from chants sung during our morning formation runs. North Korea’s Chosin Reservoir, while hallowed ground and a touchstone for Marine Corps reverence, remains obscure to the general public.
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