Marine War Heroes #10

When a raw hillbilly recruit named PFC. Cornelius Taggart joins Dog Company at Guadalcanal, his ferocious combat instinct makes him a one-man wrecking crew—but his sergeant worries the young Marine's trigger-happy aggression will get him killed. As the squad faces off against Japanese forces, Taggart must learn that being a good Marine means more than just living up to his reputation as an unstoppable fighter.

When a privileged young recruit named Johnny Lodge ships out to Korea with his platoon in 1950, his sheltered upbringing and reluctance to fight make him a liability to his squad—especially to hard-nosed Sergeant Heston, who sees only cowardice. But as the brutal realities of combat unfold, including a harrowing Chinese breakthrough near the Chosin Reservoir, Lodge's true character finally emerges in ways no one expected. "Imitation Marine" traces how a soft-spoken outsider becomes a genuine Marine when it matters most.

Two Marine raiders, Red Doherty and Pedro Garcia, volunteer for a dangerous warehouse raid behind enemy lines, but when the enemy stops their explosive charge at the last second, they're forced to go into hiding rather than risk the submarine's escape. Refusing to leave the job unfinished, the two amigos make a daring second attempt under cover of darkness to destroy the target—and against the odds, discover an unexpected lifeline waiting for them at the docks.

On a frozen Korean hillside in late November 1950, a small Marine platoon digs in to hold their position against hundreds of thousands of Chinese Communist troops massing to attack. As the enemy closes in through brutal cold and relentless assaults, the outnumbered Marines must draw on discipline and resolve to survive the onslaught. "One Korean Hillside" captures a desperate stand where holding the line means something far different than winning the day.