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What would you want if you could have any wish? asked the photojournalist of the haggard, bloodied Marine before him. The Marine gaped at his interviewer. The photographer snapped his picture, which became the iconic Korean War image featured on this books jacket. Give me tomorrow, he said at last. After nearly four months of continuous and agonizing combat on the battlefields of Korea, such a simple request seemed impossible. For many men of George Company, or Bloody George as they were known-one of the Forgotten Wars most decorated yet unrecognized companies-it was a wish that would not come true. This is the untold story of Bloody George, a Marine company formed quickly to answer its nations call to duty in 1950. This small band of men-a colorful cast of characters, including a Native American fighting to earn his honor as a warrior, a Southern boy from Tennessee at odds with a Northern blue-blood reporter-turned-Marine, and a pair of twins who exemplified to the group the true meaning of brotherhood-were mostly green troops who had been rushed through training to fill Americas urgent need on the Korean front. They would find themselves at the tip of the spear in some of the Korean Wars bloodiest battles. After storming ashore at Inchon and fighting house-to-house in Seoul, George Company, one of Americas last units in reserve, found itself on the frozen tundra of the Chosin Reservoir facing elements of an entire division of Chinese troops. They didnt realize it then, but they were soon to become crucial to the battle-modern-day Spartans called upon to hold off ten times their number. Give Me Tomorrow is their unforgettable story of bravery and courage. Thoroughly researched and vividly told, Give Me Tomorrow is fitting testament to the heroic deeds of George Company. They will never again be forgotten.

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<p>Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers and Blood and Thunder <br> Patrick O'Donnell has a rare talent for isolating and burrowing into the great military stories of recent history. With Give Me Tomorrow, he applies his well-seasoned skills to a brutal, Thermopylae-like battle from the Korean War--a battle that tested the upper limits of heroism and the outer limits of human endurance. John Mosier, author of The Myth of the Great War and The Blitzkrieg Myth A meticulously crafted narrative that not only follows the heroic struggles of one Marine unit, but gives the reader a sense of what for most Americans is, sadly enough, a forgotten war. Absolutely flawless: If you only read one book about the Korean War, Give Me Tomorrow should be that book. John C. McManus, author of Alamo in the Ardennes Pat O'Donnell is, quite simply, one of the best combat historians of our time. In Give Me Tomorrow, he turns his attention to the Korean War and brings the story of the Geor

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Patrick K. O'Donnell is a military historian and the author of six previous books: Beyond Valor, bestseller and winner of the prestigious William E. Colby Award for Outstanding Military History; Into the Rising Sun; Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs; The Brenner Assignment, which received international praise; They Dared Return; and the highly acclaimed We Were One, about a Marine platoon in the Battle of Fallujah. He has provided historical consultation for DreamWorks's award-winning miniseries Band of Brothers, and for documentaries produced by the BBC, the History Channel, and Fox News. He is an expert on WWII espionage, special operations, and counterinsurgency on the modern battlefield. O'Donnell is also the founder of the Drop Zone, an award-winning online oral history Web site.

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