Battlefield Action #57
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis issue features two war stories. "Jeep Jockey" depicts Colonel Palumbo instructing soldiers on maneuvering a jeep through enemy lines, with a soldier hit by enemy fire while driving but continuing the mission under fire. "Peewee and the Goon" follows Charlie Company trapped on Bare Rock Mountain during the last battle on a ridge, where soldiers Peewee and Junkie create a diversion by throwing a hillbilly goon into a foxhole to aid their escape. "New Style of War" describes World War I cavalry charges and their transition to trench warfare, contrasting how armies adapted to machine gun fire, with entire regiments wiped out in gallant but costly charges that taught soldiers the bitter lessons of modern combat.
Corporal Palumbo thought he'd found the perfect angle—a cushy job driving the Regimental Colonel—until a dangerous reconnaissance mission deep into enemy territory turns his "soft job" into a fight for survival. When a chance encounter with German armor forces him off the road and into a desperate escape through the woods, Palumbo discovers that his real test isn't navigating the terrain, but keeping his commanding officer alive long enough to get critical intelligence back to base. By the time the dust settles, this angle-working soldier learns what being truly useful to the Colonel really means.
A single soldier in modern warfare wields unprecedented destructive power—from rapid-fire weapons to mobile artillery—transforming the nature of battlefield combat in ways that would've seemed impossible to earlier generations of troops. "One Man Armies" explores how today's G.I. commands firepower that once required entire battalions to deliver.
Two mismatched soldiers—a pint-sized corporal from Ohio and a college-educated giant from West Virginia—forge an unlikely partnership on Starnation Ridge during the Korean War. When they stumble onto a hidden Communist listening post during a nighttime patrol, their instinctive teamwork and quick thinking put them in the crosshairs, forcing them to use cunning and courage to survive the onslaught. "Peewee and the Goon" is a tense combat tale that shows how trust between soldiers can mean the difference between life and death.
When World War I erupted, the great armies of England and France clung to cavalry charges and traditional tactics—until they met the devastating reality of German machine guns. This stark tale explores how entire regiments were cut down in moments, forcing both sides to abandon the old ways and learn the brutal, grinding lessons of trench warfare.
A squad of late-drafted American soldiers—dismissed as barely fit for combat—discovers their true mettle when they face Hitler's elite forces in Europe. Under the leadership of Cpl. Jake Wernstein, these underdogs transform from self-doubting "super-men" into soldiers who stand their ground and take the fight to the enemy, learning that the Nazis are far from invincible. Their courage in battle puts them in an unexpected position to change the course of their unit's fate.
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Reprinted in Le Fantôme #144 (1967), Magnus An 4000 #12 (1975)
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