 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waNovember 4, sezvo 7th Marines yakanga ichipfuurira kuChosin Reservoir, chikwata chaLt. Mitchell chakadzivirira Chikomo 532, kumaodzanyemba kweSudong. Poynter akakuvadzwa ikoko mukurwisana kworuoko noruoko nomuvengi. Pasinei nokukuvadzwa kwake, paakaona zvombo zvitatu zvinopfura zvigadzirirwa kure, akarwisa zvombo zvegunwe nemaoko akatorwa kubva kunhengo dzakafa dzeboka rake, uye akakwanisa kubvisa zvombo zviviri zvegunwe. Akaurayiwa apo akaparadza nzvimbo yechitatu yemapfuti; musi waNovember 15, 7th Marines ne1st Marine Division vakapedza kufamba kwavo kuchamhembe kuHagaru-ri, kumucheto kwekumaodzanyemba kwedziva racho. Chikamu chacho chaifanira kuenda kuchamhembe kuYudamni, kumadokero kweChosin Reservoir uye kuitora, iyo yakaitwa nekushora kuduku musi waNovember 25. Hondo yeChosin Reservoir yakatanga manheru aNovember 27. 