F4U Corsair, VMF-323 US Marine Squadron, Chosin Reservoir withdrawal battles - Korean War, Winter 1950
Chosin Snake Eyes
US Marine Squadron VMF-323 Corsair fighter "White-11", supporting US 1st Marine Division strategic withdraw from Chosin Reservoir-North Korea, Nov. 1950. VMF-323 painted large rattle snake insignia on engine cowling, in reference to squadron nickname "The Death Rattlers".
1.48th 1980s-era Monogram model kit, hand brush painted acrylic Navy Blue, weathered with brushed-on Black pastel chalk. Stunning US military reversal in Korean War of late 1950 still resonate to this day when 250,000 Communist Chinese "volunteer" troops crossed the border and engaged US/UN forces.
Various catastrophe beset Allied forces, in western Korean US/UN forces began longest retreat in US history covering nearly 100 miles before establishing new defensive lines.
In eastern Korea, story was even more bleak, US Task Force Faith in eastern Chosin Reservoir was encircled and virtually wiped (situation was such that command structure collapsed resulting in every man for himself mentality), in southern Chosin sector, US/UK relief force ambushed by Communist resulting about 100 Allied POWs.
Only in western Chosin sector, US 1st Marine Division maintained command structure and discipline to escape encirclement. Hence, this Marine withdrawal story is most ably recited in US history concerning Korean War.
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