The Changjin Journal is designed to disseminate and solicit information on the Chosin campaign. Comments and brief essays are invited. Subject matter will be limited to history of the Chosin campaign, as well as past or present interpretation of that history. Colonel George A. Rasula, USA-Ret., Chosin Historian
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| Korea, 1950-51 The Changjin Journal: The Chosin Campaign From Iwon to Chosin: A Photo Essay Editor: Colonel George A. Rasula, USA (Ret .) |
| No. | Date Click in this column to go to the issue | Contents |
| 1. | 01.11.00 CJ (01) | INTRODUCTION TO THE CHANGJIN JOURNAL Designed to disseminate and solicit information on the Chosin campaign. AAA UNITS; TASK FORCE DOG; 3d AAA (AW) BN; 50th AAA (AW) BN; RCT 31 COMMANDERS |
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| 01.20.00 CJ (02) | REVISITING AAA units. COLD: A STATE OF MIND |
| 3. | 02.01.00 CJ (03) | Korean War 50th Anniversary activities. New York Military Affairs Symposium |
| 4. | 02.04.00 CJ (04) | CCF PLAN WAS TO ATTACK 5TH MARINES EAST OF CHOSIN Chinese commo caused delays between planning and execution |
| 5. | 02.18.00 CJ (05) | CHINESE DOCUMENTS, CCF AT CHOSIN ROY APPLEMAN ON CCF LIMITATIONS |
| 6. | 02.27.00 CJ (06) | PFC EDWARD REEVES KING COMPANY, 31st INFANTRY |
| 7. | 03.04.00 CJ (07) | THE NUMBERS GAME: FACT, FICTION OR HYPE |
| 8. | 03.08.00 CJ (08) | BOOK REVIEW: BREAKOUT by Martin Russ |
| 9. | 03.16.00 CJ (09) | Military History Activities; Administration [of CJ]; Future Issues. |
| 10. | 03.26.00 CJ (10) | SOLDIERS AND SURVIVAL CHINESE SOLDIER'S PROBLEMS |
| 11. | 03.31.00 CJ (11) | LITZENBERG ON COLD & CASUALTIES; FREEZE DRYING by GAR. |
| 12. | 04.08.00 CJ (12) | MEDICS ON COLD INJURIES, THE MEDICS WAR |
| 13. | 04.15.00 CJ (13) | THE ELEVENTH ENDORSEMENT, MAJ. GEN. SMITH NAVY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION (PUC) |
| 14. | 04.28.00 CJ (14) | THE NINTH ENDORSEMENT, U.S. ARMY NAVY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION (PUC) |
| 15. | 05.06.00 CJ (15) | ARMY UNITS IN NINTH ENDORSEMENT |
| 16. | 05.15.00 CJ (16) | THE BATTLE OF SUOMUSALMI FINLAND'S WINTER WAR 1939-40. |
| 17. | 05.21.00 CJ (17) | BOOK REVIEW: THE DRAGON STRIKES by Pat Roe (an announcement) REFERENCES, BOOKS ON CHOSIN |
| 18. | 05.29.00 CJ (18) | MEMORIAL DAY: REMEMBRANCE WALKING THE STONES - GAR |
| 19. | 06.15.00 CJ (19) | BOOK REVIEW: FOX SEVEN by Howard Koon FOX HILL, TOKTONG PASS |
| 20. | 06.20.00 CJ (20) | WHERE WAS E COMPANY? WINTER ON THE YALU by James Dill |
| 21. | 06.22.00 CJ (21) | WINTER ON THE YALU continues THE WARMING TENT |
| 23. | 07.30.00 CJ (23) | SOUTH KOREA BEFORE THE WAR, 1948-49 FLYING THE 38TH PARALLEL UNITS WITHDRAW FROM SOUTH KOREA |
| 24. | 08.06.00 CJ (24) | UNITS AND READINESS, JUNE 1950 RCT & TASK FORCE DEFINITIONS |
| 25. | 08.18.00 CJ (25) | READINESS CONTINUES |
| 26. | 08.31.00 CJ (26) | TERRAIN AND WEATHER; THE TAEBAEK SPLIT PHYSIOGRAPHY AND MILITARY PERCEPTIONS |
| 27. | 09.10.00 CJ (27) | SIGNAL DEFENSE OF HAGARU by Eric Matske. X CORPS SIGNAL REPORT |
| 28. | 09.25.00 CJ (28) | COMPANY D, 10TH ENGINEERS AND 4TH SIGNAL BOOK REVIEW: SIGNAL SOLDIERS; BATTLE OF EAST HILL by Lt. Jack Colborn. |
| 29. | 10.15.00 CJ (29) | BOOK REVIEW: ENTER THE DRAGON BOOK REVIEW: THE DRAGON STRIKES |
| 30. | 10.30.00 CJ (30) | BOOK REVIEW:FOUR DAYS AND FIVE NIGHTS by Herbert Bryant 3d BATTALION, 31st INFANTRY EAST OF CHOSIN |
| 31. | 04.30.01 CJ (31) | History of the Chosin Story |
| 32. | 11.01.01 CJ (32) | BOOK REVIEW: GENERAL O. P. SMITH: THE GENTLE WARRIOR: General Oliver Prince Smith, USMC, by Clifton La Bree, |
| 33. | 11.27.01 CJ | Bringing Them Home With Honors |
| 34. | 01.31.02 CJ | BOOK REVIEW: FORMIDABLE ENEMIES: The North Korean and Chinese Soldier in the Korean War by Kevin Mahoney |
| 35. | 02.28.02 CJ | Hudong-ni where Colonel MacLean established the first command post of RCT 31. |
| 36. | 03.25.02 CJ | Hudong-ni units and personal experiences. First night of the Chinese offensive east of Chosin. |
| 37. | 04.30.02 CJ | "As I remember, the first word about the attacks north of Hudong came via the command radio net..." |
| 38. | 05.30.02 CJ | Actions at HUDONG, letters written more than 20 years ago by Eric Hammel and Roy Appleman |
| 39. | 08.01.02 CJ | A comparison between the motti tactics used by the Finns against the Soviets during their Winter War of 1939-40 and that of the Chinese encirclement of the Americans during the Chosin Campaign, November-December 1950. |
| 40. | 11.01.02 CJ | Dear Lucy letters - events leading up to the Chosin deployment. |
| 41. | 15.12.02 CJ | Colonel Edward L. Magill, JAGC, USAR (Ret) to Roy E. Appleman, written shortly after reading Appleman's book Escaping the Trap. This was also the basis for "Ted" Magill's presentation of the artillery story at a Chosin Few reunion. |
| 42.-45. | 01.15.03 - 01.30.03 | More of a series of letters that were first published in CJ 11.01.02. Here we begin the day after arrival at Hamhung when survivors from Chosin were greeted by the newly formed headquarters of the 31st Infantry Regiment with Colonel John Gavin commanding. |
| 46. | 02.28.03 | The breakout from Hagaru-ri to Koto-ri with emphasis on the organization and operations of the Army "Provisional Battalion." |
| 47. | 05.01.03 | Continuing the breakout from Koto-ri to the Funchilin Pass, with emphasis on the organization and operations of the Army "Provisional Battalion" and extracts from Major General O.P. Smith's "Aide Memoire" to highlight the Marine version of the story. |
| 48. | 07.10.03 | Koto-ri from the point of view of the 2d Battalion, 31st Infantry (2/31) |
| 49. | 10.30.03 | Koto-ri through the eyes of individual participants |
| 50. | 11.27.03 | BOOK REVIEW: Mao's Generals Remember Korea |
| 51. | 02.28.04 | Breakout by Hugh Robbins |
| 52. | 10.10.04 | Newly published pamphlet by the Marine Corps titled FROZEN CHOSIN: U.S. Marines at the Changjin Reservoir |
| 53. | 11.11.04 | Newly published pamphlet by the Marine Corps titled FROZEN CHOSIN: U.S. Marines at the Changjin Reservoir (continued) |
| 54. | 12.12.04 | Continues our review of the Marine Corps pamphlet titled FROZEN CHOSIN: U.S. Marines at the Changjin Reservoir, by retired Marine historian BGen Edwin H. Simmons |
| 55. | 02.22.05 | Takes portions of Fighting the Russians in Winter by Dr. Allen F. Chew and relates it to the Chosin experience, including some photographs from the Soviet winter war against Finland as well as North Korea 1950. |
| 56. | 06.25.05 | The 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry, in the form of a after-action report dated October 1953 |
| 57. | 09.25.05 | Continues with background material regarding the activities of the 1st Battalion 32d infantry. This is a report dated October 1953 by the battalion’s operations officer (S-3), Maj. Wesley J. Curtis, written at the USMA West Point between September 1951 and January 1953 |
| 58. | 11.27.05 | We look back at those who didn’t make it to Hagaru-ri where the evacuation aircraft were waiting, and also those who suffered their end during the breakout from Hagaru-ri to Hungnam |
| 59. | 01.31.06 | The Chosin Campaign from the viewpoint of the Aide-Memoire of Major General O.P. Smith, commander of the 1st Marine Division |
| 60. | 02.28.06 | This issue covers the movement of RCT-5 into the Sinhung Valley, a sector northeast of the primary MSR to the Chosin, a road that was believed may extend to the Fusen Reservoir |
| 61. | 03.31.06 | More of the Chosin Campaign from the viewpoint of the Aide-Memoire of Major General O.P. Smith, commander of the 1st Marine Division |
| 62. | 09.01.06 | We continue the 2006 series of the Changjin Journal addressing the Chosin Campaign from the viewpoint of Maj. Gen. O.P. Smith, commander of the 1st Marine Division. |
| 63. | 11.27.06 | The original essay by Lt. James Mortrude including maps from the Chosin Chronology, an aerial photo of the Inlet with map from MSgt Edward H. Smith, USMC |
| 64. | 03.25.07 | Continues the 2006 series of the Changjin Journal addressing the Chosin Campaign from the viewpoint of Maj. Gen. O.P. Smith, commander of the 1st Marine Division #1 |
| 65. | 05.15.07 | Continues the 2006 series of the Changjin Journal addressing the Chosin Campaign from the viewpoint of Maj. Gen. O.P. Smith, commander of the 1st Marine Division. #2 |
| 66. | 05.30.07 | Continues the 2006 series of the Changjin Journal addressing the Chosin Campaign from the viewpoint of Maj. Gen. O.P. Smith, commander of the 1st Marine Division. #3 |
| 67. | 07.15.07 | Continues the 2006 series of the Changjin Journal addressing the Chosin Campaign from the viewpoint of Maj. Gen. O.P. Smith, commander of the 1st Marine Division. #4 |
| 68. | 08.30.07 | Continues the 2006 series of the Changjin Journal addressing the Chosin Campaign from the viewpoint of Maj. Gen. O.P. Smith, commander of the 1st Marine Division. #5 |
| 69. | Here General Smith addresses the orders issued by X Corps and 1MarDiv for the attack west from Yudam-ni on 27 November, the attack west by 2/5 Marines which opened the door to the presence of Chinese in force, as well as other indicators of enemy presence from patrols of the 7th Marines. | |
| 70. | 01.20.08 | From the viewpoint of Maj. Gen. O.P. Smith: The first indicator of Chinese determination to control the actions in the Chosin area, in effect setting the stage for their planned encirclement on all area north of the Funchilin Pass; includes comments from various sources. |
| 71 | 06.30.08 | In this issue we move to Gen. Smith’s coverage of RCT-31 east of the reservoir, a topic that will contain many comments by this editor because it not only contains errors, but also exposes his limited knowledge of what had happened in that action, as well as noting an attempt to absolve his command of responsibility for a subordinate command, in this case an Army Regimental Combat Team. |
| 72 | 10.15.08 | In this issue we cover actions taken to open the road between Yudam-ni and Hagaru-ri, followed by the defense of Fox Hill in the Toktong Pass by F Company, 2/7 Marines. |
| 73 | 06.10.09 | Maj. Gen. Smith addresses the enemy situation from an after-the-fact point of view. |
| 74 | 11.15.09 | In this issue, Maj. Gen. Smith addresses the defense of Hagaru-ri.and the enemy situation from an after-the-fact point of view. |
| 75 | 05.15.10 | Initial directives of X Corps regarding protection of the MSR, regrouping of units in the Chosin Reservoir area, and activities at and south of Chinhung-ni where the Chinese had been attempting a deep envelopment. |
| 76 | 12.12.12 | The foundation of this issue began some years ago after the publication of my e-book The Chosin Chronology: Battle of the Changjin Reservoir 1950 wherein the sacrifice of Task Force Faith was addressed in the summary. |
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