 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Nokurwira upenyu kweU.S. Marine Corps paHondo yeChosin ReservoirKupesana neChinese Communist Forces kurwisa muchando cha1950 kuchiteverwa nokushushikana munhau dzezuva racho, Warner Brothers yakapa chikumbiro musi wa7 December 1950 kuMarine kuti vaite firimu pamusoro pezviitiko. MaMarine akabvumidza chikumbiro, neaimbova Marine Milton Sperling achigadzira uye achinyora firimu racho nokuda kweUnited States Pictures yake yeWarners. MaMarine Corps akashanda pamwe chete naSperling pachinyorwa ichi vachichipa mvumo yavo muna Nyamavhuvhu 1951 uye vachibvumirana nemavhiki matanhatu ekutora mifananidzo kuCamp Pendleton uko vashandi vemufirimu vakabvarura mugwagwa uye vakasasa nzvimbo yacho ne gypsum kutevedzera chando. MaMarine akagadzirawo misha chaiyo yeKorea nokuda kwefirimu racho. Mutungamiriri weMarine Corps Lemuel Shepherd akafungidzira kukosha kwekubatana kweMarine paUS 1,000,000. The Hollywood Production Code Office pakutanga yakaramba kubvumidza zita racho pamusana pokurambidzwa kwaro shoko rokuti hero, asi vakachinja pfungwa dzavo pashure pokukumbira kubva kuMarine Corps. Firimu racho raivawo nechinangwa chokuratidza vanhu vokuAmerica vakasiyana-siyana. Richard Carlson aiva Norwegian-American kubva Minnesota, uye saka unhu hwake akapiwa zita rokupedzisira Hansen the most common surname in Norway, uye Nedrick Young kuti unhu akapiwa zita Sergeant Novak, pamwe Novak ari zita Slovak mavambo uye Frank Lovejoy ane Anglo zita Corbett. Kunyange zvazvo firimu iri richishandisa vanhu vasiri vechokwadi, rinotaura nyaya yechokwadi yehondo dzeFirst Marine Battalion paInchon neSeoul uye saka rinonzi nderimwe remafirimu echokwadi akamboitwa nezveHondo yeKorea. 