1950 The Korean War 1953 November 30 1950, 15000 U.S. troops are surrounded by over 120,000 Chinese soldiers. Isolated and trapped. They faced total annihalation. " It as expected that ALL US forces in would be lost. The 1st Marine Division was surrounded and infiltrated. We were cut off from supplies, the sea, and help. They expected to annihalate us." "You knew that every time you fired your rifle you were killing someone but it didn't stop 'em." —Chosin the movie Find and Thank a Korean War Vet and sign the petition for a Kilroy Was Here commemorative stamp "Never before has this nation been engaged in mortal combat with a hostile power without military objective, without policy other than restrictions governing operations, or indeed without even formally recognizing a state of war." - General Douglas MacArthur