Bob Drury

Thomas Clavin

During the Korean War, 234 heroic marines from Fox Company, First Division, held off a force of 10,000 Chinese soldiers in subzero weather to secure the Toktong Pass. This is their story.

A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat

The Last Stand of Fox Company

Jeremy Anderberg

The Last Stand covered the personal stories — in fact often told in their own words — of one company of Marines (about 220 young men; only about 80 of whom survived) that held off a Chinese force numbering over 1,400 men for almost a week. Had those brave men capitulated any sooner, it's possible that thousands more Marines would have been killed. The authors wrote:

No Marine unit — or any other unit — fighting in Korea in 1950 held a more strategic piece of land against more crushing odds, and despite such severe isolation, as Fox Company.

Drury and Calvin have co-written some amazing books, and this was no exception. If you're interested in the Korean War, The Last Stand of Fox Company should certainly be on your list.

The Last Stand of Fox Company A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat

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