Battlefield Action #43

Sergeant Jim Gallagher and his handful of exhausted G.I.s find themselves pinned down in a Korean basin with a massive Chinese supply convoy bearing down on them—and when General Ho Minh takes personal command of the assault, the odds shift from bad to impossible. With nothing but three jeeps, a bazooka, and sheer desperation, Gallagher hatches a dangerous gambit to turn the tables on their pursuers by striking at the convoy itself.

A former supply sergeant who once coddled his troops as a company commander, Captain Briscoe loses his commission when Army brass catch his unit unprepared—and the men pay the price when they ship out to Salerno in 1943, where their lack of proper training costs lives in their first firefight. Wracked with guilt, Briscoe volunteers to stay with the company as a PFC, and when combat exposes just how badly his easygoing leadership failed them, he's given a second chance to prove himself as an officer who can actually lead.

During the War of 1812, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry faced an impossible task: building a fleet from scratch on Lake Erie to challenge British naval superiority. With resourcefulness and determination, Perry assembled nine ships and led them into battle, and when his own vessel was destroyed, he refused to surrender—pressing on to victory against overwhelming odds in a matter of minutes.

Clarence Weatherford, an Ozark hillbilly who's struggled as a misfit soldier since basic training, finds himself trapped behind enemy lines during a Chinese assault in Korea—forced to think for himself when the Army Way no longer applies. As his unit fights for survival, Weatherford discovers that his natural instincts, once a liability in formation, become his greatest asset when improvisation means staying alive. Platoon Sergeant Katzmann and the Captain finally learn that their by-the-book soldier might be exactly what the outfit needs when the shooting starts.

When a young man named Jackson passes his military physical while his peers fail, he reveals the hard truth: physical fitness comes from actually moving your body and playing sports, not watching them from the sidelines. Set during the Cold War era, this tale challenges a generation of sedentary teenagers to get off the couch and into the game—because staying fit today might matter more than they realize tomorrow.