Name: Frozen Chosin
Duration: P00H03M35S
Description: The Korean "conflict" (war was never officially declared between North Korea and USA), was known as the "Forgotten War" and was quite deadly and led to a stalemate that still exists to this day. This song is about the battle at Chosin Reservoir, where the US Marines who fought in the battle called themselves the "Frozen Chosen".

Frozen Chosin

from Are We Rolling? by Produced By Eric "Roscoe" Ambel

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The Korean "conflict" (war was never officially declared between North Korea and USA), was known as the "Forgotten War" and was quite deadly and led to a stalemate that still exists to this day. This song is about the battle at Chosin Reservoir, where the US Marines who fought in the battle called themselves the "Frozen Chosen".

lyrics

In November, 1950, just north of the 38th boundary
A line called the “dmz”, Sent north to crush the Korean army

Chorus:
We were chosen the frozen chosin
We were frozen the chosin few

Truman’s doctrine said “stop the red spread”
So we joined a civil war
Better off dead than red, was it really worth all the gore

Chorus

Pushed north to the yalu river, Mao tse’s men had us ten to one
D mac said “be home by Christmas”
So we had to fight our way back home

17 days of brutal fighting in this forgotten war
10,000 of us were lost, 10,000 of us paid the cost

Chorus

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from Are We Rolling?, released April 6, 2013

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Esquela was formed in 2008 by John "Chico" Finn and Keith Christopher. Together they wrote songs for their debut album, "The Owl Has Landed". Over the course of the next decade, Esquela has recorded five studio albums. Over the course of the next few months, Esquela will be releasing its back catalog on Bandcamp, building up to a June 25th release of their latest album, "A Sign From God". ... more

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