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Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Lake Lure Adventure Company
Phone:
+1 828-625-8066

Hours:
Sunday9am - 8pm
Monday9am - 8pm
Tuesday9am - 8pm
Wednesday9am - 8pm
Thursday9am - 8pm
Friday9am - 8pm
Saturday9am - 8pm


The Battle of Chosin Reservoir, also known as the Chosin Reservoir Campaign or the Battle of Jhangjin Lake . The name Chosin is derived from the Japanese pronunciation Chōshin, instead of the Korean pronunciation.Official Chinese sources refer to this battle as the eastern part of the Second Phase Offensive . The Western half of the Second Phase Offensive resulted in the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River. The battle was decisive in the Korean War. The battle took place about a month after the People's Republic of China entered the conflict and sent the People's Volunteer Army 9th Army to infiltrate the northeastern part of North Korea. On 27 November 1950, the Chinese force surprised the US X Corps commanded by Major General Edward Almond at the Chosin Reservoir area. A brutal 17-day battle in freezing weather soon followed. Between 27 November and 13 December, 30,000 United Nations troops under the field command of Major General Oliver P. Smith were encircled and attacked by about 120,000 Chinese troops under the command of Song Shilun, who had been ordered by Mao Zedong to destroy the UN forces. The UN forces were nevertheless able to break out of the encirclement and to make a fighting withdrawal to the port of Hungnam, inflicting heavy casualties on the Chinese. US Marine units were supported in their withdrawal by the US Army's Task Force Faith to their east, which suffered heavy casualties and the full brunt of the Chinese offensive. Following the retreat of the US Eighth Army from northwest Korea in the aftermath of the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River, the evacuation of the X Corps from the port of Hungnam in northeast Korea marked the complete withdrawal of UN troops from North Korea.
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