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Special War Series #3 (1965)

Charlton · 1965 · 36 pages

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Contains 4 stories
Terror in the Caves
8 pp · war

PFC. Mike Lajeroski chases Japanese soldiers into a limestone cave on Okinawa and stumbles upon a hidden arsenal—over a hundred heavy tanks the enemy had been concealing for a surprise offensive against the Marines. Trapped underground and outnumbered, the young Marine must use his wits and the limited ammunition he carries to stop the Japanese general orchestrating the attack and sabotage the tanks before they can be deployed. It's a race against time and enemy fire as Lajeroski fights to escape the caves and warn his outfit of the threat waiting beneath the island.

Hero the Hard Way
8 pp · war

When a Marine patrol squad clears a Korean village during the CCF offensive, Corporal Wiggins earns a reputation for fearless heroics—pulling a wounded tank commander from a burning M-46 Patton and holding the town against overwhelming odds. But when a night reconnaissance patrol goes sideways and a mortar blast leaves him genuinely terrified for the first time, Wiggins discovers that real courage isn't the absence of fear, and that his cocky swagger has blinded him to what his shaken buddies knew all along. Facing the choice to save himself or return to help the wounded men he abandoned, he learns what it actually means to act like a Marine.

Learning the Trade
4 pp · war

In August 1942 at Guadalcanal, 2nd Lt. Ted Hartnett leads his Marines ashore in the first wave, suddenly aware of his own inexperience as enemy fire erupts across the beach. Over the course of intense combat, the young platoon leader must quickly master the harsh lessons of warfare—positioning, tactics, and leadership under fire—or watch his men die for his mistakes. Through hard-won battles and hard-learned skills, Hartnett discovers what it takes to command respect and keep his platoon alive in the Pacific campaign.

Crisis in Korea
3 pp · war

When American forces first arrived in Korea in 1950 with underpowered M-24 tanks, they found themselves outgunned by Soviet-built T-34s—but successive upgrades to the M-26 and finally the nimble, hard-hitting M-46 Patton gradually shifted the armor balance on the peninsula. This 1965 account chronicles how American tank crews tested each new generation of equipment against Communist forces, discovering which machines could truly hold their own in direct combat.

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