[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5928 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5928

  To designate a peak in the State of Alaska as ``Mount Chosin Few''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 2012

 Mr. Young of Alaska introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To designate a peak in the State of Alaska as ``Mount Chosin Few''.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``The Mount Chosin Few Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953, the Korean War 
        was fought between the Korean People's Army of the Democratic 
        People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea Army with 
        the United States and Allies backing the Republic of Korea;
            (2) the invasion of Korea marked the first military action 
        of the Cold War;
            (3) at the end of the invasion, approximately 5,000,000 
        soldiers and civilians lost their lives;
            (4) the Chosin Reservoir is a manmade lake that lies in the 
        northern region of Korea and contains the only road that leads 
        to Hungnam port;
            (5) in late November 1950, the Allied forces sent 20,000 
        soldiers, primarily from the First Marine Division, over the 
        Taebek Mountains to capture the northern end of the Korean 
        Peninsula;
            (6) on November 27, 1950, at the Chosin Reservoir, Korea, 
        the Marines of the First Marine Division, along with elements 
        of the Third and Seventh Infantry Divisions, were surprised and 
        quickly surrounded by an overwhelming Chinese force, which 
        outnumbered the Allied forces by a ratio of 10 to 1;
            (7) the fighting that ensued at the Chosin Reservoir was 
        among the most brutal in modern times due, in part, to 
        temperatures that were less than zero degrees Farenheit and 
        wind speeds of up to 50 miles per hour;
            (8) due to the brutal winter conditions at the Chosin 
        Reservoir, many soldiers in the Allied forces froze to death 
        and almost all of the Allied soldiers suffered from severe 
        frostbite;
            (9) although the Chinese troops managed to surround and 
        outnumber the ``Chosin Few'', the Allied forces broke out of 
        the encirclement, carrying dead and wounded soldiers of the 
        Allied forces, trying to reach the Hungnam port;
            (10) the Allied soldiers trekked 70 miles in the brutal 
        weather while inflicting further losses on the Chinese Army, 
        killing about 30,000 Chinese soldiers;
            (11) on December 11, 1950, the last of the Allied forces 
        miraculously managed to make it to the Hungnam port, where they 
        would later be evacuated;
            (12) overall, approximately 3,000 soldiers in the Allied 
        forces died in the battle and approximately 13,000 were 
        wounded;
            (13) 17 of the Allied soldiers who fought at the Chosin 
        Reservoir received the Congressional Medal of Honor, the 
        highest honor the Nation can bestow upon a soldier;
            (14) more than 70 Navy Crosses were awarded to Allied 
        soldiers who fought at the Chosin Reservoir; and
            (15) the designation of an unnamed peak in the Chugach 
        National Forest in the State of Alaska in honor of the soldiers 
        who fought courageously in the Chosin Reservoir during the 
        Korean war would be a fitting tribute to the sacrifices the 
        ``Chosin Few'' made for their country.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MOUNT CHOSIN FEW IN THE STATE OF ALASKA.

    (a) Designation.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the unnamed peak located at latitude 6049'47'' 
N and longitude 14508'01'' W in the Alaska Chugach National Forest in 
the State of Alaska shall be known and designated as ``Mount Chosin 
Few''.
    (b) References.--Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to the peak referred to in 
subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to ``Mount Chosin 
Few''.
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