US Marines vs Chinese Human Waves at Chosin Reservoir (1950) 🇺🇸🇨🇳 Rare footage captures the brutal fighting as U.S. Marines of the 1st Marine Division faced massive Chinese People's Volunteer Army assaults in the freezing winter of 1950. Chinese infantry surge across frozen ridgelines in human wave attacks, while Marines hold defensive positions with rifles, machine guns, and M26 Pershing tanks. Overhead, F4U Corsairs roar in to deliver vital close air support to Marines fighting against overwhelming odds. One of the greatest stands in Marine Corps history. Digitally restored, enhanced, and presented with sound design to recreate how these moments may have looked and sounded at the time.

Sorry to beat a dead horse, because I was just talking about this a few days ago, but anyone who has never looked into US air losses in Vietnam really should, it's mind blowing. It's unsurprising that we lost huge numbers of helicopters, but the total lost (5,607) was nearly 50% of the 11,846 that we used in the entire war. The fixed-wing losses were even more unimaginable. We lost 3,744 aircraft, the majority in combat. This includes a staggering 31x B-52s and 55x C-130s. Our fighters fared much worse. We lost: • 445x F-4s • 243x F-100 • 382x F-105 The attrition rate for the RVNAF (South Vietnamese Air Force) was brutal. Of the 2,750 aircraft and helicopters they received, only 308 survived the war. It's incredible to think about how we absorbed these losses, but American military hardware was significantly less expensive back then.

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