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American Experience: The Battle of Chosin

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American Experience: The Battle Of Chosin - On Thanksgiving Day, 1950, US Army troops pushed north through the Korean peninsula, to drive North Korea s Communist army out of democratically-held South Korea. Within days, they were surrounded by more than 85,000 Chinese soldiers in the mountains by the Chosin Reservoir. View the intense battle in intimate detail in this vivid narrative of combat and survival in the first major military clash of the Cold War.

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  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 43380846
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ January 24, 2017
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ PBS
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01M10GYXR
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
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Great documentary. People who wonder why tensions are high ...
Great documentary.People who wonder why tensions are high with NK should watch this. They call this "The forgotten war". I will never forget.
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5.0 out of 5 stars My cousin John Galvin came out of this alive
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2023
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Dear General O.P. Smith - My cousin John Galvin was in the 1st Marine Division and came out of this alive. He never spoke to any of us about it, just spoke to family who were also vets. He came back to Western New York and lived a good and quiet life for decades after. We would hunt on his and my brother's lands and he was a good cousin to all of us. That was thanks to you and to all these good men who also lived through this hell. I think it a shame that the Marine Corps hasn't thanked you and recognized your saving 15,000 Marines and Americans.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest Changjin (Chosin) Campaign Documentary yet!
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2017
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(WARNING: THERE ARE SOME SCENES THAT ARE GRAPHIC AND BRING A TEAR TO YOUR EYES. they did for me and I am not afraid to admit it)
I have watched this documentary a few times since I have received it. At a run time of almost two hours, this is one of the very few documentaries that I can not do anything else while it is playing because it is so well put together and loaded with information that it puts the other "Chosin" documentary by Major Inglesias to shame. (But it is still a good one to watch) Out of the very few Documentaries that deals with this Campaign that have been made, this is by far the best in painting the overall picture of the near annihilation of the 31st and 32nd Infantry, US Army, X Corps and the brutal fighting that the Marines of the 1st Marine Division conducted in order to not only survive, but to also ensure that the 1st Marine Division did not cease to exist as a fighting force for the future (actual words from General O.P. Smith).

This documentary is correct in the fact that this Campaign is the GREATEST Campaign that has ever been fought in the worse conditions imaginable and experienced. Even the great Ghangis Khan avoided the Taebek Mountain Range which was never meant for a military operation of any type.

The Documentary primarily focuses on the events of the 1st Marine Division, because quite frankly, if it was not for General Smith and his Marines and their training, fierceness and loyalty to each other and their officers in which Marines are known for, then the X Corps truly would have been completely wiped out. Smith knew that the Chinese were in the mountains after a week long battle during the first week of November at Sudong-ni, there Colonel Homer Litzenbergs' 7th Marines killed roughly 3,000 Chinese who then mysteriously disappeared. Smith slowed the advance of his Marines down despite MacArthur and his yes man, General Ed Almond demanding that they "race to the Yalu".

There were numerous battles fought during the two week ordeal with four major battles that are credited with allowing the Marines to consolidate and fight their way back to their sea base, 76 miles to the south at Hamhung. These four battles are: First night at Yudam-ni, Fox Hill (Toktong Pass), Hagaru-ri and Task Force Drysdale.

I wish the Documentary would have talked more about Fox Hill since this was, in my opinion, the most crucial area to be held by Marines. Captain Barber and his 192 Officers and Enlisted held off roughly 5,000 Chinese for five days and four nights to hold the crucial Toktong Pass open. This allowed the 5th and 7th Marine Regiments at Yudam-ni to fight south and link up with General Smith and his Marines and soldiers at Hagaru-ri.

Task Force Drysdale was also crucial as they moved from Koto-ri north to Hagaru-ri to reinforce Hagaru. Fighting through "Hell Fire Valley" was not easy feat and many Marines and soldiers were captured by the Chinese.

The Documentary does touch on the Army ordeal east of the Reservoir which is a rare thing because the US Army has not really put out a whole lot of info surrounding the events of the 31st and 32nd Infantry. From the numerous books I have read and Chosin veterans that I have talked to, I really do not blame the Army for not wanting to talk about this campaign and the blunders of MacArthur and Almond. In My Opinion, MacArthur is one big blemish for the Army (I am currently serving in the Army with 4 years in the Marines in the mid-90's) and I feel that if MacArthur would not have been as arrogant as he was and thinking only of himself and a possible political career, then this Campaign never would have happened.

If it was not for General Smith having the finest combat hardened Commanding Officers under his command and if Smith would have followed Almond and MacA's orders then the 1st Marine Division would not exist today. The 1st Marine Division is credited with saving X Corps and rightly so.

This is a MUST for any student of Military History and I could recommend a few dozen books on this particular Campaign that fills in the rest with more in-depth information from the Marines and Soldiers that were there.

SEMPER FI!
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5.0 out of 5 stars This gritty account depicts just how terrible this battle really was both for us and for ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017
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This documentary does an outstanding job at revisiting this pivotal 1950 battle in the Korean War--America’s “Forgotten War.” The producers have done an outstanding job of making this one of the most riveting and evocative documentaries of the Battle of Chosin Resevoir I’ve ever seen. This gritty account depicts just how terrible this battle really was both for us and for the Chinese “peasant army” who also suffered terrible losses in one of the most brutal winter warfare campaigns ever fought.
The documentary begins by explaining the political background of the battle and setting the scene for the viewer through archival footage and fusing this with maps, timeline, survivor interviews and political background to make a very compelling and comprehensive account of this absolutely harrowing 17-day ordeal. Unlike many earlier documentaries, I believe this to be the most solid and moving documentary I have seen of this battle, the prequel, and the aftermath.
I won’t spoil the documentary or story for those keen on yet watching it but suffice it to say, this documentary differs from other documentaries in a three key ways:
1. Personal, not abstract—I think one of the major faults of the early American or British documentaries of the Korean war is how abstract and detached they are—no accounts from the actual participants, just the same archival footage looped to a mid-20th century style narrator making you feel you were watching an old WWII newsreel. This documentary gives survivor accounts and injects their personal stories into the narrative which gives it much greater impact and authenticity.
2. Historical accuracy. They say the victor always writes the story—the case of this conflict there were no victors here. Older documentaries are particularly bad at being too politically correct or one-sided. This documentary does not downplay the culpability of the communist aggression nor does it whitewash McArthur's arrogance or Truman's naivete. McArthur was not as brilliant a tactician or strategist as many period historians wanted him to be (there is a reason he and Nimitz were constantly at odds during the Pacific campaign in WW2). McArthur ignored reports of the Chinese Army amassing on the border because of his disdain for the PRC Army as a fighting force and his terrible miscalculation of the effects of our haste in reaching the Yalu is evident here in how unprepared we were for this brutal counter-offensive by the Chinese. If not for the grit of General Smith and the 1st Marines in fighting their way out to the coast, this would have been as terrible a military disaster as our loss of the entire garrisons of Corregidor and the Philippines and would have been an even darker stain on McArthur’s career. The documentary also points out how the communist political commissars ran behind the Chinese soldiers ensuring that there were no survivors to retreat after an attack.
3. Relevant background—this documentary does a superb job at presenting the background information using maps and timelines to set the scene for when this happened, what the circumstances were, and political background of many of the decisions by its leaders. The Americans and UN forces were caught off guard by the surprise Chinese attack not because they didn’t have the intelligence warning of Chinese troops amassing across the border but because McArthur and his aides chose to dismiss the threat and ignore it, even after the initial contact with the Chinese.

More documentaries need to have the same comprehensive approach that this one takes. I give this documentary 5 stars and would not hesitate to recommend it or watch it again.
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TK Clarke
4.0 out of 5 stars General MacArthur & general Marshall
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2023
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Very very few things to say positive about the Korean war I wrote a PhD dissertation on the work that general MacArthur did in creating a modern democratic country post War in Japan. Although this movie is not about general MacArthur I wish more of the world knew more on positive effects MacArthur played as Did general George c Marshall also did in Europe.
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Anonymous
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good documentary.
Reviewed in Canada on August 22, 2019
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Outstanding movie!! Very pleased with this documentary of the Chosin Reservoir, the battle against communist China and North Korea, the struggle the 1stmarinedivision had to endure. Good footage, Sound, Narration and well presented. Defenetily recommended.👍👌
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The Gravedigger
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Dvd in more ways than one
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 9, 2018
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Excellent Dvd which shows the brutality of war and I can`t imagine what it would have been like to be there. Conditions which I could describe as truly horrendous. On a technical note it plays this NTSC disc perfectly through my Sony BDP-S7200 Blu-ray player which is for region 2 discs and I can assure you all that neither this player or the remote control has been hacked in any way. As an extra bonus it arrived a week before the earliest expected delivery date.
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J. Garcia
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Interesting Documentary!
Reviewed in Canada on February 10, 2021
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Highly Recommended !!!
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