Editing Battle of Chosin Reservoir (section)

===Casualties===
The US X&nbsp;Corps and the ROK I Corps reported a total of 10,495 battle [[Casualty (person)|casualties]]: 4,385 US Marines, 3,163 US Army personnel, 2,812 South Koreans attached to American formations and 78 British Royal Marines.{{sfn|Appleman|1990|p=347}} The 1st Marine Division also reported 7,338 non-battle casualties due to the cold weather, adding up to a total of 17,833 casualties.{{sfn|Appleman|1990|p=345}} Despite the losses, the US X&nbsp;Corps preserved much of its strength.{{sfn|Appleman|1990|p=356}} About 105,000 soldiers, 98,000 civilians, 17,500 vehicles, and 350,000 tons of supplies were shipped from Hungnam to [[Pusan]],{{sfn|Alexander|1986|p= 367}} and they later rejoined the war effort in Korea. Commanding General Smith was credited for saving the US X&nbsp;Corps from destruction,{{sfn|Halberstam|2007|p= 430}} while the 1st Marine Division, 41 (Royal Marine) Commando and RCT-31 were awarded the [[Presidential Unit Citation (United States)|Presidential Unit Citation]] for their tenacity during the battle.{{sfn|Daily|1999|p=78}}{{sfn|Cunningham-Boothe|Farrar|1989|p=50}}{{sfn|Seelinger|2015}} Fourteen Marines, two soldiers and one Navy pilot received the [[Medal of Honor]], and all of the UN troops that served at Chosin were later nicknamed "The Chosin Few".{{sfn|Daily|1999|p=78}}{{sfn|Ham|2010}} 

According to official estimates by the [[People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department]] published in 1988, the PVA 9th Corps suffered 21,366 combat casualties, including 7,304 killed. In addition, 30,732 non-combat casualties were attributed to the harsh Korean winter and lack of food.{{sfn|Department of Health, People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department|1988|p=327}} Total casualties thus amounted to 52,098 - more than one third of its total strength. Outside of official channels, the estimation of Chinese casualties has been described as high as 60,000 by Patrick C. Roe, the chairman of Chosin Few Historical Committee, citing the number of replacements requested by 9th Corps in the aftermath of the battle.{{sfn|Roe|2000|p=394}} Regardless of the varying estimates, historian Yan Xue of [[PLA National Defence University]] noted that the 9th Corps was put out of action for three months.{{sfn|Xue|1990|p=59}} With the absence of 9th Corps the Chinese order of battle in Korea was reduced to 18 infantry divisions by 31 December 1950,{{sfn|Chinese Military Science Academy|2000|pp=368-369}} as opposed to the 30 infantry divisions present on 16 November 1950.{{sfn|Chinese Military Science Academy|2000|pp=365-366}}

====Operation Glory====
[[Image:Punchbowl (1237).JPG|thumb|The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific where many of the UN war dead, which were exchanged under Operation Glory, are buried.]]
During the battle, UN dead were buried at temporary grave sites along the road. [[Operation Glory]] took place from July to November 1954, during which the dead of each side were exchanged. The remains of 4,167 US soldiers were exchanged for 13,528 North Korean and Chinese dead. In addition, 546 civilians who died in UN prisoner-of-war camps were turned over to the South Korean government.{{sfn|Operation Glory}} After Operation Glory, 416 Korean War "unknowns" were buried in the [[National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific]], the "Punchbowl Cemetery" in Honolulu, Hawaii. According to a Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) white paper, 1,394 names were also transmitted from the Chinese and North Koreans during the operation, of which 858 proved to be correct.{{sfn|DPMO White Paper, Punch Bowl 239}} 

The 4,167 returned remains were found to be 4,219 individuals, of whom 2,944 were found to be Americans, with all but 416 identified by name. Of the 239 Korean War unaccounted for, 186 are not associated with the Punchbowl Cemetery unknowns.{{efn|176 were identified and of the remaining 10 cases, four were non-Americans of Asiatic descent; one was British; three were identified and two cases unconfirmed. See [https://web.archive.org/web/20110427180422/http://www.dtic.mil/dpmo/news/special_reports/documents/010228_punch_bowl_239.pdf "DPMO White Paper, Punch Bowl 239"]. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2009-08-27.}} From 1990 to 1994, North Korea excavated and returned more than 208 sets of remains, which possibly include 200 to 400 US servicemen, but very few have been identified due to the co-mingling of remains.{{sfn|Wars and Conflict}} From 2001 to 2005, more remains were recovered from the Chosin Battle site, and around 220 were recovered near the Chinese border between 1996 and 2006.{{sfn|DWPO Release |2008}}{{sfn|Remains from Korea identified}}