Re: Kunu Ri Pass

[Ed Evanhoe <evanhoe@arbuckleonline.com>]

At 01:47 AM 6/15/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> "Not as much press as Xth Corps, but then there were no Marines on that 
> side of Korea."
> Sorry to hear that, but you needed a hell of a lot more than press 
> coverage. Unfortunately, the Marines were busy setting an example of how 
> to conduct an orderly retreat,by bringing out out their wounded, dead, 
> and  materiel.
> Lee <<
While the withdrawal from the Chosin Reservoir was well conducted, the 
Marines would have been unable to bring out their wounded, dead and 
material without the support provided by the Air Force, who air-dropped the 
bridges to span gaps blown in the exit road as well as gasoline, food, 
ammunition and medical supplies; Naval air, who helped provide close air 
support, and army troops who kept the south end of the exit road open, and 
so on, plus the often unmentioned help the weather provided since it 
affected Chinese operations just as badly as it did U.N. operations.

Ed


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