Army Attack #39

PFC Joe Columbo thought he was finished when German Sergeant Heinrich Schmidlapp and his tank crew cut down him and his companions in the European snow—but playing dead buys the young soldier a desperate second chance. Now trapped with fellow prisoners Dan Loomis and Jake Gronski under the guns of Hitler's professionals, Columbo must find a way to survive against odds that seem impossible.

When Captain Gene Hotchkiss and his Marine unit are captured behind enemy lines in Korea, a young corporal refuses to accept their fate as prisoners of war. Determined to get medical help for his wounded commanding officer and secure intelligence about the enemy's massive offensive, he makes a dangerous solo run to confront General Kao-Ling himself—the high-ranking Chinese commander orchestrating the assault. What unfolds is a tense game of nerve and defiance that could either save his unit or get them all killed.

Jess Lowery enters the war as a machine gunner for the heavy weapons platoon, drilled relentlessly in training to hold his position no matter what—but when Japanese forces launch a silent, overwhelming attack on Guadalcanal, his first real test comes down to a split-second choice between survival and duty. As enemy soldiers swarm the perimeter and a grenade sails toward his position, Lowery must decide whether to abandon his gun and run, or stay and fire.