East of Chosin is another good read from that place and time, about the US Army regimental combat team on the other side of the resevoir across from the USMC. For the most part they didn't make it out -- I think something like 70-80 survivors stumbled into the relative safety of the Marines' lines after they were surrounded and plowed under by taking their chances walking out across the ice on the resevoir itself.
Apparently their situation was stable and they were holding their own as long as the ammunition held for the quad-50s and 40mm AA guns, but once those went black they weren't able to keep the Chinese at bay effectively.
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