Battlefield Action #49

Lieutenant Bart Gray returns to the village of Siena six years after the war, haunted by memories of a wounded girl he saved during the brutal fighting—a young woman named Maria who has stayed in his thoughts through years of letters written across the distance. When he arrives at a restaurant outside the village to finally meet her again, Gray reflects on that fateful night when he found her injured amid the ruins and the fleeting moments of warmth they shared before duty called him back to battle. This is a story about what happens when a soldier comes back to the place that changed him, and the girl who waited.

Seven American soldiers trapped in a ravine find themselves surrounded by German forces and cut off by a minefield—until Lieutenant Dudley devises a daring plan to locate a German officer who knows the safe passage through the deadly field. With nerves and lives on the line, Dudley must force his reluctant prisoner to guide the men through 250 yards of anti-personnel mines before dawn breaks and the enemy's real assault begins. It's a high-stakes gamble where one misstep means death, and failure means the destruction of an entire American advance.

When three American soldiers find themselves separated from their unit during the invasion of a Japanese-held Pacific island, they must navigate through dense jungle and enemy territory to survive. As they pursue retreating Japanese forces and discover a strategic bridge, the men devise a bold plan to strike back at the enemy—but executing it under enemy fire will test every bit of their courage and skill.

Sgt. Ryan and his spotter Tucker arrive at B Battery in their Piper Cub to help guide the cocky artillery unit's fire on German positions in North Africa—but Sgt. Bates is convinced a "flying nursemaid" will only get in the way. As Ryan proves his worth spotting targets and calling in coordinates, the skeptical gunners begin to see the value of air support, especially when the tables turn and the flyers must lend a hand of their own.