By December 1950, General MacArthur, the man who thought of the Inchon invasion, started a campaign to end the war. On December 1 the 1st Marine Division began the movement that eventually took its rear guard inside the perimeter established by the 3rd Infantry Division near Hungnam. In the course of this escape, the division rendered three more Chinese divisions ineffective in addition to the four that had already been ruined at Yudam-ni and Hagaru-ri. During their 13 day walking battle back, 1st Marines Division suffered 718 dead, 192 missing and 3,508 wounded, plus their frostbitten casualties. Chinese won the “game”, but they paid a terrible price for their victory. The ultimate in simplicity must be awarded to the Chinese, for they actually
