Fightin' Navy #120

May 1965 · Charlton · 0.12 USD

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In "Operation Rathole," Lieutenant Monroe and volunteers from Dunstan's submarine crew are ordered on a dangerous mission near Guadalcanal to sabotage Japanese ships and planes by destroying lighthouse, buoy, and beacon navigation aids. A German-staffed cruiser commanding British and American seamen moves south of the ice pack to the Arctic, where the crew must walk across pack ice toward Cape Huk; the plan relies on surprise and the desolate terrain to succeed. When Japanese forces pursue the battleship, the men use U-boats as cover to approach their target, and though they encounter enemy submarines, they manage to sink or sabotage the vessels before being rescued.

Contains 4 stories

Operation Rathole

9 pp · War

When a cunning Japanese destroyer repeatedly slips through a hidden passage in the reef to strike American convoys, Captain Lt. Tom Monroe and his crew aboard the U.S.S. Dunstan devise a daring plan inspired by an old barnyard lesson: if you can find the rat's hole, you can block it. With mines strategically placed and a bold sabotage mission ahead, the Americans prepare to seal off the enemy's escape route and turn the tables on a relentless raider.

Masquerade

7 pp · War

A German pocket battleship disguised with a British flag infiltrates an Allied convoy and wreaks havoc before retreating into Arctic pack ice—but Lt. Cmdr. Richard Marle refuses to let the raider escape. Leading a volunteer strike force across treacherous ice in the dead of night, Marle pursues the Kruegnow for a reckoning that will test both his determination and his men's courage in one of the war's most audacious operations.

Paratrooper

1 pp · Non-Fiction, War

This non-fiction account follows the rigorous training and combat role of paratroopers in the U.S. Army, spotlighting the 82nd Airborne Division's critical mission on D-Day, June 6, 1944. From exhaustive screening through parachute training to final deployment, the story traces how these elite soldiers earn their place among the finest fighting men in the world. Discover what it takes to become one of the Army's most valuable combat assets.

The Pirates of Kiel

7 pp · War

Lt. Kent Darnell leads a hand-picked team of frogmen on a daring underwater sabotage mission against Nazi U-boat pens in Kiel during the spring of 1943. After grueling training and a reconnaissance patrol in the North Sea, Darnell's men are inserted via American submarine to plant shaped charges on enemy vessels moored in the heavily fortified harbor. Racing through the depths under cover of fog, this elite squad executes a dangerous operation that could shift the balance of the Atlantic war.