This volume details the 1st Marine Division¿s harrowing close-quarters battles during the final seven months of the Korean War, January to July 1953. During this time, the Marines valiantly fought numerically superior Chinese forces and held the front. The terrible five-day Battle of the Nevada Cities in March, and the Marines¿ bloody stand at Boulder City on the last day of the shooting war are just two of the engagements detailed here. This volume, named by ¿U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings¿ as one of its ¿Notable Naval Books of 2001,¿ follows Lee Ballenger¿s ¿The Outpost War: U.S. Marines in Korea: Vol.

I, 1953.¿ Map and photos.