Battle Picture Weekly #8 March 1975 [1]
"Brew-up at el Alamein" kicks off a new chapter in Battle Picture Weekly with a lively preview of the next three issues, setting the stage for wartime tales that promise grit and drama. Readers are invited to enter a prize draw by sending in war story letters—winning entries could earn a 2-Wave transistor radio, a Polaroid camera, or a super boy's watch, with runners-up receiving an Airfix Spitfire or Messerschmitt kit, or a £1 postal order. The issue closes with a friendly nudge to keep the comic coming with a regular order from your newsagent.
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6th June 1944, Sergeant Steve Dawson is wounded, leaving a bullet next to his heart. The prognosis is that Dawson has about a year to live. As he is being shipped home on a landing craft it's blown up by artillery; no one back in his unit knows that he has only a short time to live. Picking up a pack of explosives, Dawson dodges bullets and blows up the strong point. As Dawson is resting he thinks, 'As long as I stay alive they had better watch out they're up against a man with nothing to lose.'
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