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The latest biography of Daniel Boone, plus new bios of Doc Holliday and Buffalo Bill, and histories of the Chiricahuas and California good-time girls.
Bob Drury and Tom Clavin make an excellent writing team and have found success in recent years with their creative collaboration, including their best seller
The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, An American Legend (2013). Most recently they have tackled together the American Revolution with
Valley Forge (2018) and World War II with
Lucky 666: The Impossible Mission That Changed the War in the Pacific (2016). I am not sure why they decided to return to American 18th- and early-19th-century history with
America s First Employment-Based Immigrant: Friedrich Von Steuben
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Missourian on âThe Chosin Few.â
Seventy years ago, the 15,000 men of the First Marine Division observed Thanksgiving in North Korea. Temperatures approached -38 degrees, and the Marines were about to be attacked by over 100,000 Chinese. Mr. Willâs description, although somber, was a welcome diversion from many of this yearâs political commentaries. It was also a timely reminder to show our appreciation for heroes in our community.
My friend, John Scott, of Sullivan, was one of the 15,000 Marines spending Thanksgiving near the Chosin Reservoir.Â
The 192 Marines of his unit, Fox Company, were given the order to defend, at all cost, a mountain pass. If the Chinese gained control of the Tokdong Pass, the entire 1st Division would have been encircled.Â