Fightin' Navy #112

Two buddies from naval flight training—Walt Sobaleski and Russ Rollins—chart different paths through the demanding skies of carrier aviation, with Sobaleski choosing helicopters and Rollins pursuing jet fighters. Years later, they're reunited aboard the same carrier, where Rollins faces his first combat mission in a Grumman Tiger while Sobaleski watches from the flight line. This 1963 war story captures the grit and precision of Cold War naval aviation at its peak.

When a cholera epidemic grips a remote village, U.S. Navy medic Andrew Woods volunteers to venture into communist-held territory with Dr. Summers to vaccinate the sick and teach the locals how to combat the disease. After a tragic turn of events leaves Woods alone, he pushes forward in the village of Kiblang, racing against both the outbreak and the guerrillas who'd rather see the people suffer than lose control of the region. It's a battle fought as much with medicine and conviction as with steel.

When a Navy officer discovers that the USS Phaeton's 1942 sinking has been historically misreported, he teams up with a Japanese friend whose uncle served aboard an enemy vessel to dive for the sunken cruiser and uncover what really happened that fateful January day. Together they recover the ship's logbook from the seafloor, revealing the true account of the battle and finally setting the record straight for the men who fought and died aboard her.

A young seaman finds himself blown overboard when enemy fire strikes his ship off the Korean coast in 1951, left stranded in hostile waters with little hope of rescue. When Lt. Frank Martin aboard the PC radios for help, a coordinated effort unfolds—a destroyer, fighter planes, and determined sailors all race to pull him from danger before Communist forces close in. It's a tense race against enemy guns and the clock to bring one man home.

When a U.S. Navy destroyer encounters repeated Communist air attacks while conducting rescue operations in the Formosa Strait, Captain Kivicek must navigate impossible orders: restraint in the face of unprovoked aggression. As bombers close in and his crew braces for battle, the captain faces a grim choice between following directives to hold fire and protecting his ship—testing just how many times the Navy can turn the other cheek before striking back.