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Fightin' Marines #55 (1963)

Charlton · 1963 · 36 pages

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Contains 4 stories
The Hate Patrol
7 pp · war

Two Marines—one Irish, one Greek—carry a bitter grudge born in East Harlem over a woman named Sally, Cpl. Mauros's sister, and when they're thrown together in the same platoon during the brutal 1944 campaign on Saipan, their personal feud threatens to undermine their effectiveness in combat. Pinned down behind enemy lines with mounting tension and jealousy eating away at them, these two soldiers must decide whether their hatred for each other matters more than survival in a war zone full of very real enemies.

Sick-Bay Warrior
6 pp · war

A cocky young Marine determined to prove his worth keeps getting sidelined by injuries and illness just as his outfit ships out for combat, leaving him branded a "sick-bay warrior" by his buddies. When he finally gets his chance to see real action on Saipan, wounded and against orders, he seizes the moment to show everyone—and himself—what he's made of. Nicholas J. Lasci's gritty tale of bad luck, shame, and redemption captures the desperation of a soldier fighting to earn his place among men.

Court Martial
5 pp · war

Sergeant Milhause faces a court-martial for firing on Captain Mankowski during a fierce firefight in the Korean hills, but as his testimony unfolds, the truth behind the shooting—and whether it was truly an attack or a desperate battlefield mistake—becomes the crux of the trial. With enemy forces closing in and time running short, the marine officers must determine the sergeant's guilt while combat rages just beyond their perimeter. "Court Martial," from *Fightin' Marines* #55 (1963), is a tense war drama that examines honor, survival, and the fog of combat.

What Was It Like?
6 pp · war

A Marine prepares to enlist by sharing the hard truths of combat with his nineteen-year-old son, Les, recounting his brutal experience at Guadalcanal in 1942. Through vivid memories of punishing training, relentless jungle warfare, and the constant terror of enemy fire, he reveals how discipline saved his life when fear nearly broke him. It's a father's honest reckoning with what war really costs, told not as glory but as survival.

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