Army Attack #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free# Army Attack #2 This issue contains two military war stories. "The Saga of Chicken Company" follows a platoon of American soldiers whose inexperienced lieutenant is removed from command after poor leadership gets men killed, with the soldiers discovering he had been deliberately sabotaging the unit. A second story chronicles Sergeant Corbett's experience during a battle where he witnesses a Nazi general being killed in an air strike, later learning that the general's driver was responsible for the death, and reflecting on the brutal realities of the early days of combat.
Corporal Len Willets—the inveterate scrounger of Baker Company—has a gift for finding exactly what the outfit needs, exactly when they need it, whether it's ammunition during a fighter attack, supplies from downed parachutes, or a radio when artillery support is critical. When combat erupts during a Chinese assault, his knack for locating the right gear at the right moment proves invaluable, though his fellow soldiers struggle to separate his self-serving nature from the genuine help he provides. A sergeant's jealousy and pride threaten to waste Willets' talents, until his resourcefulness in a desperate moment forces command to recognize his true worth.
During a WWII assault on a heavily fortified Nazi position, 2nd Lieutenant Mike Rubino orders his 3rd Platoon into a dangerous frontal attack across an open stone wall, but Staff Sergeant Edson refuses to relay the command, convinced the men will be slaughtered. When the young, uncertain officer charges ahead alone to prove himself, Edson makes a desperate gamble to even the odds and save both his lieutenant and the platoon.
Lieutenant J.C. Miller pilots a P-47 Thunderbolt fighter over France in 1943 when he finds himself in a desperate dogfight with a Nazi fighter—and discovers his ammunition is gone. Forced to improvise, Miller makes a daring choice that will test both his piloting skills and the ruggedness of his aircraft in a way no other pilot has attempted.
A weathered supply officer with no combat experience takes command of Dog Company—a unit so demoralized and poorly equipped that the whole division calls them "Chicken Company"—and discovers his men aren't cowards but victims of failed leadership and brutal conditions. When a Chinese mortar barrage and assault test the outfit in their first hours together, Captain Hallock fights to restore both their firepower and their dignity, even if it means standing up to superior officers. Trapped between a broken unit and a system that's written them off, he races against time to shape them into soldiers before they're sent back to the line.
When combat erupts and his unit faces capture or annihilation, Private First Class Jim Perault—an unremarkable soldier by all accounts—discovers he has what it takes to do the impossible and hold the line. In a moment when someone has to step up, this ordinary kid from the crowd becomes the soldier his platoon needs, proving that heroism isn't always about being the toughest or loudest—sometimes it's simply about doing what has to be done.
Staff Sergeant Mike Corbett and his crew battle across North Africa in their Sherman tank, Fat Fannie, during the fierce clash between Montgomery's Desert Rats and Rommel's Afrika Korps in 1942. When their tank becomes separated from the main column after a Messerschmitt attack, Corbett and Fuzzy must navigate the treacherous Sahara—dodging enemy fire, scrounging for supplies, and fighting their way through eleven brutal days of desert warfare.
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Reprinted in War #41 (1983), Battlefield Action #84 (1983), Fightin' Army #168 (1984)
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