Fightin' Navy #109

Lt. Ray Remo and his PT boat crew find themselves caught in the Keelait Strait during the Korean War, where Communist forces have trapped wounded Marines and are waiting to spring an ambush on any rescue attempt. When Remo volunteers to retrieve the survivors under cover of darkness, he discovers the enemy has laid a trap—but this time, the Navy has prepared one of their own. With fighter support coordinated from the carrier, Remo navigates the dangerous waters to complete the rescue mission.

A young aircraft mechanic assigned to routine maintenance duties writes home complaining he never gets to see action—until a surprise enemy attack forces him into damage control below decks, where he discovers that fighting a fire threatening to detonate ammunition and fuel is just as crucial as manning the guns topside. When a second wave of enemy planes arrives and circumstances finally get him to a gun position, Tony Reep learns firsthand that every role on a carrier, from spark plugs to anti-aircraft fire, demands real courage and sacrifice.

A U.S. Navy captain faces an impossible choice when his icebound ship in the Arctic becomes caught between Soviet territorial claims and nuclear testing threats in "Threat of Doom," with pilot Boxcar Murdock ready to enforce the captain's bold refusal to retreat. As tensions escalate from radio warnings to aerial combat, the crew must decide how far to push back against communist aggression when retreat isn't even possible. This 1963 war story delivers Cold War brinkmanship at the frozen edge of the world.

During the height of World War II, Lieutenant Ed Wheeler becomes obsessed with tracking Count Otto von der Hoch, a ruthless Nazi U-boat captain whose calculated brutality and arrogance have earned him Hitler's highest praise—and a growing list of Allied casualties. When a chance encounter at a Washington embassy ball turns personal, Wheeler begins a dangerous hunt to use von der Hoch's own predictable patterns and outsized ego against him. His obsession gains new urgency when America enters the war, and Wheeler finally gets his chance to pursue the hunt he's studied for years.