KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Marine veteran was a teenager when he joined one of the most infamous battles at the Chosin Reservoir during the war in Korea.
“Just living, not day-to-day. You was living more or less minute-to-minute a lot of the time,” said Marine veteran Bruce Farr.
His unit was tasked with holding a strategic hill for close to a week. Of the almost 230 Americans, almost half his company was wounded or killed in fighting at all hours of the day and night in temperatures dipping to 54 degrees below zero…