War Heroes #9
In "Correspondent at Tarawa," merchant seaman Archie Gibbs survives a torpedo attack by the Germans, only to be rescued by another vessel that meets the same fate. After being taken aboard a German submarine, Gibbs uses cigarettes to build uneasy camaraderie with the crew before being abandoned near a Venezuelan river boat. The story, illustrated by Burris Jenkins and Tom Hickey with inking by both, captures a tense wartime journey from sea to sea, all in a 1944 comic priced at 10 cents.
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After his ship is torpedoed by the Germans, merchant seaman Archie Gibbs is rescued by a ship that is also torpedoed. Gibbs is picked up by a German submarine. Gibbs makes friends with some of the crew with gifts of cigarettes and after four days is dropped off into the sea near a Venezuelan river boat.
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