Soldier and Marine Comics #14

Sam Duval is a lovesick Marine who treasures letters from his fiancée Laura—until a letter from his aunt Tess suggests she's been seeing another man. Devastated and reckless, Sam volunteers for a dangerous mission behind enemy lines when his cut-off company needs supplies, pushing through enemy fire with nothing to lose. What Sam doesn't realize is that his letter just might be the key to turning the tide of battle.

Leatherneck Jack and his fellow marine Monte navigate a dangerous river to reach a Chinese-held fort where prisoners of war are being held—a human shield preventing aerial bombing runs. With cunning and nerve, the two men must infiltrate the compound, free the captives, and signal waiting planes to strike. It's a high-stakes rescue mission where one mistake could cost them everything.

In "Fighting Leathernecks Quigley and Beals!" from Soldier and Marine Comics #14 (1955), two brash, irreverent buddies—Quigley and Beals—trade their rowdy civilian lives for the rigors of the Marine Corps, only to find themselves on a remote Pacific island where a stubborn Japanese garrison still fights on, refusing to surrender. Written and illustrated with gritty charm, the story follows their unlikely journey from reckless recruits to Marines facing a war that refuses to end.

The day after Pearl Harbor, Major James S.P. Devereaux leads fewer than four hundred Marines defending the isolated outpost of Wake Island against waves of Japanese air attacks and naval bombardment. Day after day the enemy returns, but the Marines hold their ground—until overwhelming odds finally force a desperate last stand on December 22nd, 1941. This is the true story of a small garrison that refused to yield, fighting with courage against impossible numbers.

When Spanish colonizers move to eliminate French hunters from the island of San Domingo in the 17th century, they inadvertently force a community of rough-and-ready men into a new line of work—transforming peaceable meat-traders into the fearless buccaneers whose name would echo through maritime history. This is the tale of how circumstances and ambition forged one of the most notorious forces on the high seas.