Through incredible and repeated feats of heroism and sacrifice, the Marines reached the port city on 11 December, having sustained just shy of eighteen thousand casualties. Throughout the prolonged series of engagements, they inflicted nearly fifty thousand casualties upon the Chinese 9th Army. This was a battle that went down into the annals of Marine Corps history, a testament to the toughness, grit, and sheer determination of those “Frozen Chosen” as they were called.