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Summary: Pretty good book
Review: I like this book. Mr. Owen takes the reader with him from the US Marine Bases to the battlefields of Korea. I like the way he explains situations and identifies and describes the other personnel with him. He takes you into the trenches, through the rice paddies and up the hillsides. He really tells it like it was which is different from other books I have read about the Koren War. Personal and enjoyable.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: I listened to the audio version but it was unabridged. The audio version has a fantastic narrator. The book itself is well written and a gripping story. If you want a 'you are there' tale of Marine combat in the Korean War (or just infantry combat in general) this book is for you. It pulls no punches and gives it to you straight as the author saw it. The story is very much a study of combat leadership and low-level infantry combat and does not dwell on the other larger aspects of the Korean War (either military or political).
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Summary: Very Honest, Readable and Good
Review: I picked this book up because I have an Uncle who was at Chosin. Hoping for some simple military history, I found this an honestly written first hand account of the madness of combat. The author gives an especially good account of the rush to get American troops to Korea, the exhaustion of climbing and fighting in the mountainous terrian, and the cold.As my unlcle says kindly and simply "You have no idea." This book helped me understand more fully that there's no way those of us who have not served could comprehend what happened over there.
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Summary: A Must Read for all MARINES
Review: I recently read "Colder than Hell" and found it to be one of the most motivating books that I have ever come across. Joseph Owen gives an exceptional description of the challenges that the Marines encounter while they are fighting in the Korean War. I am an active duty Marine and after reading this book I hope to display the type courage and strength that Owen and his fellow Marines of Baker-One-Seven did during the Korean War and their breakout of Chosin Reservoir. I would suggest this book to not only Marines but to any Military professional who wants an accurate, and in you face description of what the Korean War was like.
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Summary: A Must Read for all MARINES
Review: I recently read "Colder than Hell" and found it to be one of the most motivating books that I have ever come across. Joseph Owen gives an exceptional description of the challenges that the Marines encounter while they are fighting in the Korean War. I am an active duty Marine and after reading this book I hope to display the type courage and strength that Owen and his fellow Marines of Baker-One-Seven did during the Korean War and their breakout of Chosin Reservoir. I would suggest this book to not only Marines but to any Military professional who wants an accurate, and in you face description of what the Korean War was like.
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Summary: "... stirring tribute to the Marines ..." MC GAZETTE
Review: I wrote this book to honor the Marines who fought in Co. B, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division in the first, uncertain days of the Korean War. From the time we landed at Inchon in September and had fought our way up and back from the Chosin Reservoir in December, 300 men and 10 officers passed through our ranks. On the last hill that we took, after fighting through vast numbers of Chinese (we were outnumbered 10-1), in 30-below cold in the fierce mountain of North Korea, there were only 27 men and 1 officer remaining. I was wounded while leading the assault on the last hill. This is front-line combat at the extreme,as told by forty of the Marines who were there. Proud Marines they remain, a cresit to our Corps and country! Semper Fidelis!
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Summary: Reflections on a Marine's Story
Review: Joe Owen's personal reflections on the Chosin Reservoir campaign of December 1950 are a strong complement to Korean War histories. S.L.A. Marshall's "The River and the Gauntlet" gives more of a big-picture view of the Chosin experience, but it's written in a more academic style than Owen's. The Donald Knox collection of oral histories ("The Korean War: from Pusan to Chosin") is as engagingly personal as Owen's book. What sets Owen's story apart is his description of the transition that he and so many other Americans endured in going to Korea. In a matter of weeks, young Marine reserves left the familiar environs of home to be hastily trained and shipped out to combat. Owen's personal story relates the fears and exhilaration of combat in the context of a junior officer who is still aspiring to professional excellence. His attention to the subplots of individual comrades and their personalities is also valuable. Aside from being a fine company-level military history, this book is a thoughtful reflection on leadership and organizational behavior.
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Summary: EXCELLENT INSIGHT INTO WHAT MARINES WENT THROUGH IN KOREA .j
Review: Joesph Owen catches and captures the character of the men who fought with him and thoes that were in his company. These were real men of extra ordinary valor and courage, that surpases what we can conjure up. I have met many Marines at the Veterans Adminsitration Hospital where I work. They all repeat the horror of the surprise attack by the Chinese in addition to the extreme cold and the brutal rugged terrain, where the battles took place. The chinese had isolated and surrounded our troops. In the US a strategy was formulated to save our troops. It was sent to the Marine Commadning General, who after reading it said There is not a president or army in the world who can tell a Marine Divison where or how they go. The breakout was successful and cost the Enemy eight to ten of it's divisions. My hat is off to Lt. Joseph R. Owen and the men who gave up there all, a standing ovation to the twenty seven surviors of his company. Thanks for a job well done.
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Summary: Deeply personal and involving.
Review: Lt Owen's account of the Chosin Reservior experience is first rate and moving. Lt Owen chronicles the experiences of war ranging from the boredom of waiting, the extreme climatic conditions, and the abrupt and violent loss of comrades and friends .What happened at Chosin has been documented before, but Lt Own brings the horror and suffering to the surface, and reminds the reader that acutal American young men were killed and wounded there. Gripping and personally told by one who was there, and who has the ability to tell the story. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Telling it like it was.
Review: Lt. Owens book compares favorably with T. R. Fehrenbach's "This Kind of War." In that he shows how unprepared America was for the Korean War. It also shows the determination and teamwork that a military unit acquires and how a dedicated and trained unit can function in times of crisis. This is a must read for all who served their country in war time.
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