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on April 24, 2017
Great narrative, just wish it was longer, pertaining to the Marines of George company who faced overwhelming odds and sub zero temperatures during the early phase of the Korean war. The narrative follows the unit of George Company during their mobilization in 1950 at Camp Pendleton through Inchon and Chosin Reservoir. During those days the unit faced entire regiments of Chinese, abominable subarctic weather, shortage of supplies and tough terrain. The book provides good insight of a unit of men who struggled against the odds to defeat the enemy and protect each other.
on October 25, 2010
"Give Me Tomorrow" is one of my favorite books. I knew next to nothing about the Korean War until I read this epic story. Unlike traditional histories, this reads in a very cinematic manner and focuses around a core group of Marines. The book is an amazing story of true courage and survival. These men fought in temperatures approaching 40 below zero, no food and against odds at 20 or more to one--amazing! The men of George Company and the "Frozen Chosen" are all true heroes. If you want to understand the Forgotten Ware read this book!!
on November 18, 2016
Korea is defiantly America's forgotten war, but this book shows that the men in Korea fought every bit as hard and suffered every bit as much as soldiers have in any other war. Based on the Marines of George company's battle with the Chinese at the Chosin basin, this is a real story of the American hero's who, facing overwhelming odds, fought there way in to rescue a division of Marines and then fought there way back out! Battling 10-1 odds and sub zero temperatures, why this has not been made into a movie already is an insult to every man who fought in Korea. This is possibly the most courageous and over-looked battle in American history! READ IT!
on February 10, 2017
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. I've read many, many books about WW2 but only a scant few on the Korean War (Coldest Winter, Last Stand of Fox Company). The men of the Korean War faced their own terrible hardships, overcame daunting odds, fought with old equipment - and yet persevered. This book - along with Coldest Winter and Last Stand of Fox Company - give a reader a true sense of the effort and sacrifice made by the Korean War vets. The Greatest Generation did not exist only in the years 1941-45.
One complaint - early in the book it refers to June 7, 1941 as the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Soon thereafter it refers to 5th Marine Division on Guadalcanal. Obviously the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor was Dec 7, not Jun 7. That is at best a terrible type - at worst a huge miss. The 5th Marine Division did not enter battle until Iwo Jima. I have to believe the author was referring to the 5th Marine Regiment at Guadalcanal. The rest of the book overshadowed these two obvious errors, but still made me wonder about the quality of the editing.
One complaint - early in the book it refers to June 7, 1941 as the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Soon thereafter it refers to 5th Marine Division on Guadalcanal. Obviously the date of the attack on Pearl Harbor was Dec 7, not Jun 7. That is at best a terrible type - at worst a huge miss. The 5th Marine Division did not enter battle until Iwo Jima. I have to believe the author was referring to the 5th Marine Regiment at Guadalcanal. The rest of the book overshadowed these two obvious errors, but still made me wonder about the quality of the editing.
on July 19, 2017
Wow!! this is a gripping account that allows one to fully appreciate the great sacrifices that the basic infantryman must make when he is placed in harms way by the very poor decisions made by wannabe generals who value their place "at the top" more than the lives of those they "lead". If I were the parent of a child subject to being called into the service, I would be very afraid, not of war, but the frivolous decisions, made by unfeeling men, that could waste the child's life in that war.
on December 7, 2015
This book gave me a fresh new perspective on a subject that I have studied in depth........The breakout of the 1st Marine Division from the Chosin Reservour in North Korea. 1950, two years before my birth. I graduated Boot Camp on 26 November, 1970 twenty years to the day that the Battle commenced. Our Commanding Gereral was Brigadier General John Mc Laughlin who was a Major in "hellfire valley"
A good read, but the ending was a little rushed. Every Marine Company deserves a book. That's how legends are born......in the telling and retelling of the courage and grit that can be found in any Marine unit.
"GIVE ME TOMORROW" has told the story of George Cmpany well.
Semper Fi'. Sgt. Drury D.C.
A good read, but the ending was a little rushed. Every Marine Company deserves a book. That's how legends are born......in the telling and retelling of the courage and grit that can be found in any Marine unit.
"GIVE ME TOMORROW" has told the story of George Cmpany well.
Semper Fi'. Sgt. Drury D.C.
on April 2, 2017
This is simply an incredible book, and anything I write cannot do justice to this book or the story of 1st MarDiv at Chosin. Everyone should read this book. Having pretty much every book dedicated to the Chosin campaign, this book easily fits in among the greats.
on June 7, 2012
This is an exciting, engaging story of great bravery and courage in the face of overwhelming odds and the likelihood of savage defeat. Fortunately, the heroic stand of George Company, Third Battalion, First Marines during the Chosin Resevoir campaign overwhelms some significant flaws in the work. There is, for example, considerable hyperbole. It is very unlikely that "The outcome of the war hung in the balance" at Hagaru-ri as the author states. And as important as the actions of the Marines were at Chosin, there is no need to airbrush out the accomplishments of other units entirely. For example, the map on page 22 purporting to show the "Limit of UN Advance" disregards the entire movements of the 7th U.S. Division which reached the Yalu River at Hyesanjin, and the ROK I Corps led by the South Korean Capital Division which nearly made it all the way to the Soviet border, capturing the city of Ch'ongjin and the ROK 3rd Division which itself occupied Hapsu.
That said, O'Donnell does capture the truly heroic stand of the Marine George Company which anchored the 1st Marine Division stand at Hagaru-ri allowing the rest of the division, as well as remnants of the 7th Army Division and the British Royal Marine Commandos, to coalesce at Hagaru and fight their way out of the Chinese trap at the Chosin Reservoir to Koto-ri and back down the long Main Supply Route (MSR) they had just recently traveled north in the other direction; a truly amazing modern Anabasis. George Company even formed part of the rear guard at the critical Funchilin Pass as the column moved toward the port of Hungnam. Marine discipline, devotion to their comrades and the mission enabled them to succeed where lesser units would have been overcome and wiped out.
Less well known than George Company's actions during the Chosin campaign is the fact that over two years later, at the very end of the hostilities, the Chinese again threatened to destroy George Company, this time at the battle of Boulder City during the last days of the war which ended on July 27, 1953. Again, George Company held firm, but at a huge price, losing over three quarters its men. The "last full measure" of George Company and the U.S. 1st Marine Division had been given - for that war at least.
That said, O'Donnell does capture the truly heroic stand of the Marine George Company which anchored the 1st Marine Division stand at Hagaru-ri allowing the rest of the division, as well as remnants of the 7th Army Division and the British Royal Marine Commandos, to coalesce at Hagaru and fight their way out of the Chinese trap at the Chosin Reservoir to Koto-ri and back down the long Main Supply Route (MSR) they had just recently traveled north in the other direction; a truly amazing modern Anabasis. George Company even formed part of the rear guard at the critical Funchilin Pass as the column moved toward the port of Hungnam. Marine discipline, devotion to their comrades and the mission enabled them to succeed where lesser units would have been overcome and wiped out.
Less well known than George Company's actions during the Chosin campaign is the fact that over two years later, at the very end of the hostilities, the Chinese again threatened to destroy George Company, this time at the battle of Boulder City during the last days of the war which ended on July 27, 1953. Again, George Company held firm, but at a huge price, losing over three quarters its men. The "last full measure" of George Company and the U.S. 1st Marine Division had been given - for that war at least.
on May 30, 2014
I previously read the book regarding "Bloody George".....well done. This book added to the story and was well worth the price.
The Marines forces by the publicity hound McArthur and his aide in Korea General Almond were giving orders to a fantastic Marine General O A Smith who slightly disobeyed orders and thereby saved the 1st Marine Division in that he gave them SOME chance of extricating from the Chinese Communist forces arrayed against them.
Has to be the greatest story of Military Arms I have ever read! They were NOT supposed to survive but THEY DID! Miraculous; a book you can't put down
The Marines forces by the publicity hound McArthur and his aide in Korea General Almond were giving orders to a fantastic Marine General O A Smith who slightly disobeyed orders and thereby saved the 1st Marine Division in that he gave them SOME chance of extricating from the Chinese Communist forces arrayed against them.
Has to be the greatest story of Military Arms I have ever read! They were NOT supposed to survive but THEY DID! Miraculous; a book you can't put down
