Fightin' Marines #51

A young replacement Marine left behind enemy lines after a mortar barrage must fight to stay conscious through his wounds while waiting for his company to retake the position at dawn in "Never Alone," from Fightin' Marines #51. Alone and bleeding in the darkness, surrounded by enemy soldiers, PFC Gene Krutcher realizes his only chance lies in staying alert and ready—because his buddies won't leave him to die out there.

A Marine platoon's hatred for their drill sergeant, Captain Marino, becomes their only fuel for survival when they're cut off on Brokenback Ridge during the Korean War. Trapped for nine days without food and surrounded by enemy forces, the men discover that their rage at their hard-driving commanding officer—a World War II veteran who pushes them relentlessly—is the one thing keeping them alive when everything else fails. This gritty war story explores how spite and resentment can forge an unlikely bond between soldiers facing impossible odds.

A Laotian guerrilla commander known as the Tiger has been terrorizing Thai villagers and threatening death to anyone who helps the American Marines—until Captain Pollard's unit arrives to change the situation. When the narrator and his skipper discover the Tiger's hidden stronghold during a village recruitment drive, a brutal confrontation in the rice paddies becomes unavoidable. It's a tense jungle manhunt where cunning and courage will determine who walks away.

PFC Joe Katzalic spots a downed Marine fighter plane and its pilot, Lt. Jake Rigano, stranded on a hostile island held by enemy forces, forcing the resourceful Marine into a desperate rescue mission. When the two soldiers discover a larger enemy attack is imminent, they must work together to reach Katzalic's platoon and warn them of the danger before it's too late.