Fightin' Navy #96

Jan 1960 · Charlton · 0.10 USD

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"U.S.S. Parrot's Last Battle" depicts the final combat engagement of the U.S.S. Parrot during World War II in the Pacific. The story follows naval personnel as they engage in an intense battle against enemy forces, with gunners manning their positions and the ship sustaining damage from enemy bombardment. The narrative concludes with the ship sinking after the prolonged engagement, with wounded men evacuated to the ward room as the vessel goes down.

Contains 3 stories

U.S.S. Parrot's Last Battle

7 pp · War

In the final days of the Pacific War, Chief Ted Carmen and a young sailor named Dorian survive the sinking of the U.S.S. Parrot, a submarine crippled by Japanese depth charges in the South China Sea. As they drift in the wreckage, they are rescued by Chinese fishermen and eventually airlifted to safety by a U.S. seaplane, their ordeal a haunting echo of the Parrot’s last battle.

We Sank the Mountain

8 pp · War

A U.S. Navy cruiser, battered by relentless enemy fire during a December 1950 patrol off North Korea, receives a desperate warning from a stranded Marine who survived a harrowing escape from a trapped battalion. The Marine reveals the enemy has a hidden arsenal buried deep inside a heavily fortified mountain, and after a risky rescue, the crew uses his intel to launch a decisive strike at the mountain's tunnel entrance.

Two Roads To Glory

8 pp · War

Two brothers, Bob and Ed Hayes, take different paths at the start of World War II—one enlisting in the Navy, the other joining the Merchant Marine for the money. When Bob’s destroyer is sunk, he’s reassigned to a merchant ship where he reunites with his brother, only to face a harrowing convoy battle in the icy North Atlantic.