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Fightin' Marines #50 (1962)

Charlton · 1962 · 36 pages

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Contains 5 stories
4 Condemned Men
8 pp · war

When four battle-worn Marines are assigned to the remote Outpost Six on Luzon in the war's final days, Sergeant Whitey Hegland and his squad discover they're sitting on the Japanese advance route—and the enemy knows it too. With over a hundred thousand enemy troops pressing through the valley, Hegland devises a dangerous strategy to hold the line, but the coming night will test whether careful planning and raw courage are enough to survive what's coming. It's a tense, gritty stand against impossible odds in "4 Condemned Men," where every decision could be the last.

The Pacifists
4 pp · war

T/Sgt. Ben Rudolf, a decorated Marine recruiter on assignment in Sandover, finds himself locked in a battle of wills with Donald Haskins Berk, the firebrand leader of the Pacifists' League who's determined to turn local high school seniors against military service. When Berk's propaganda and intimidation tactics escalate, Rudolf must stand firm—and the young people watching will have to decide where their loyalties truly lie.

The Fear And The Fury
7 pp · war

In Korea during the early 1950s, young Marine Adam Coffard struggles with a secret that could destroy him—he's convinced he's a coward, enlisting only to honor his brother Jeff, who died heroically at Chosen Reservoir. When his unit moves into combat in Skull Valley, Adam is assigned to man a .50-caliber machine gun, and everything he's hidden comes down to one moment of truth where his platoon's survival rests on his shoulders. Through a discovered diary, Adam learns something that might change everything he believes about courage, fear, and what it really means to be a Marine.

A Frightened Boy
4 pp · war

When an underage boy named Macloed illegally enlists after Pearl Harbor, he finds himself thrust onto a blood-soaked enemy beach far younger and more terrified than his fellow Marines. Watching a gruff sergeant fall in combat while others hesitate, the frightened teenager must find the courage within himself to act—and discover what it truly means to become a soldier.

Strength Of A Nation
1 pp · advocacy; history

An immigrant clutches newly earned citizenship papers and celebrates becoming an American, reflecting on the nation's greatest strength: its people. From Lafayette and Washington to the countless patriots who arrived from distant shores, "Strength Of A Nation" traces how people of every nationality, faith, and background have built freedom and opportunity into the American ideal. Published in 1962, this patriotic piece honors the spirit of the melting pot and the shared values that unite a diverse nation.

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