From The Director, Brian Iglesias:

Chosin has been a dream project of mine since learning about the battle in enlisted boot camp at Parris Island. When you earn the title of Marine, you inherit a legacy and reputation that has been forged by those Marines who have gone before. The Chosin Reservoir Campaign stands out along with Belleau Wood and Iwo Jima as one of the seminal battles of our proud history, and the men who fought the campaign have been revered by all Marines who have followed. After completing my film degree and subsequent combat deployments, I teamed up with fellow Marine and Iraq War vet Anton Sattler and began filming in February of 2009.

We spent eight months on the road living out of a van and eating military rations in order to collect the stories from 184 Korean War veterans in 27 cities across the US. Time and time again, these men told us the stories that they have never told to anyone ... not their wives, their children, or their closest friends. Chosin is not the first documentary to give a voice to America’s veterans, but the depth of its emotional access to these brave men is unlike anything previously brought to the screen.

As fellow Marines and combat veterans, we forged a unique connection with the men who shared their stories with us. We were proud to give them a gift 60 years overdue: an environment where they could feel comfortable unburdening themselves of the intimately sad, horrific, funny, and triumphant moments they experienced during the most defining experience of their lives. The story of Chosin goes beyond the history and enters a realm of mutual remembrance and healing.