New Heroic Comics #73

In "Heroism on the Korean Front," Pvt. Shand stands firm under fire, holding his position during a fierce engagement on the Korean front. Amid the chaos of war, his courage earns him the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple Heart—honors that speak to his resilience and sacrifice.

During the Korean War, Sergeant Charles R. Long of the 38th Regiment holds his forward observation post near Hoensong as thousands of enemy troops attack, directing mortar fire to slow their advance while his battalion withdraws. A veteran of World War II called back into service, Long refuses to abandon his position, calculating targets and calling in strikes even as the enemy closes in, determined to exact a heavy toll on Communist forces.

Theodore Hajek, an aircraft mechanic at Idlewild Airport, is tasked with a routine errand—refilling oxygen tanks for an afternoon flight—but finds himself in the middle of a catastrophe when an explosion erupts at the welding supply company in Mineola. Racing through the flames without hesitation, Hajek must act decisively to save a man engulfed in fire and pull him from the inferno.

When a neighbor hears terrified screams from a nearby yard, he discovers a young girl has fallen into an uncovered cesspool and is in danger of being swept into the connecting sewers. Charles McCallister springs into action, racing against time to reach the child before it's too late in this true-life account of quick thinking and neighborly heroism from 1952.

During the Korean War, Corporal Jack Milford Bryan volunteers to carry field phones up a heavily exposed hill to an awaiting lieutenant—a dangerous climb through open fire that tests his courage and dedication to the Marine Corps. When the communication line falters, Bryan steps up again to locate and repair the troubled wire, risking his safety a second time to restore vital contact between battalion headquarters and the front. His acts of bravery under fire earn him the Bronze Star and prove true to the fighting tradition of the Marines.

During World War II, a Navy gunner named Lowell W. Gieg is playing poker below deck when a fellow sailor—nicknamed "Swede"—falls overboard while chasing a lost ball and can't swim. Despite the rough seas and his own exhaustion, Gieg abandons his card game and dives in to save his drowning shipmate, risking everything in a desperate rescue attempt.

When the blood supply runs critically low at a mobile hospital just two miles behind the Korean front lines, doctors and medics face an agonizing wait to see if emergency transfusions can arrive in time to save their wounded soldiers. This 1952 wartime story follows the race against the clock as the American Red Cross mobilizes to deliver life-saving whole blood by helicopter to the desperate medical team. A testament to the vital role blood donation plays in keeping G.I.'s alive in combat zones.

In a bivouac near Nürnberg, Germany, Cpl. Oechsle wakes to screams in the pre-dawn darkness—a fellow soldier has caught fire after rolling into the flames. With quick thinking and complete disregard for his own safety, the corporal springs into action, tackling the burning man and rolling him repeatedly to smother the fire before rushing him to the battalion aid station. His commanding officer recognizes the act of heroism with an official commendation.

When a young boy's leg catches fire in a backyard accident, fifteen-year-old Bob Wilbur of Chicago springs into action from his window and chases down the panicked child to extinguish the flames. Acting quickly despite a healing broken wrist from an injury just weeks prior, Bob becomes an unlikely hero—proving that physical limitations don't stop someone from doing what's right when lives are on the line.

Based on the OCR text provided, here is the synopsis: During a Communist attack near Hagaru-ri, Korea, 21-year-old Marine Corporal Leo A. Delisle of Lewiston, Maine stands his ground at his machine gun post even as enemy forces overwhelm his unit and his comrades are forced to withdraw. Alone and surrounded, Delisle keeps firing, using his barking machine gun to harass and disrupt the enemy assault long enough for reinforcements to arrive and turn the tide. His courageous stand—for which he would be awarded the Silver Star—proves decisive in preventing a major breakthrough.

When Alphonse Maldonado's two-month-old black chow puppy slips through the railing of the East River seawall one evening, he faces an impossible choice—but a man devoted to his wedding gift won't hesitate to jump in after him. This true-life account captures one New York City resident's desperate struggle in the water and the lengths he'll go to save his best friend.

During the assault on Hill 500 in North Korea, 1st Lt. Charles E. Slater finds himself the only unwounded soldier in position to mount a defense against entrenched enemy forces. Armed with nothing but courage and ammunition scrounged from fallen comrades, Slater exposes himself to withering fire to engage the enemy and call in supporting mortar strikes. His actions under overwhelming odds earn him recognition and the Bronze Star for his heroism on that August day in 1951.