Battle Report #6
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free# Battle Report #6 This war comic features a Korean conflict story in which American soldiers endure relentless enemy attacks under cover of darkness. The narrative follows soldiers including Captain Jinks and a soldier named McCann as they face constant mortar and machine gun fire from enemy forces, with particular focus on a soldier's loyal homing pigeon that becomes central to the unit's survival. McCann ultimately volunteers to go on a dangerous solo mission, using an apple as a makeshift explosive to help the army gain ground, sacrificing himself in the process as his comrades escape to safety.
Slim Barnes gets a chance to hunt in the Korean hills when local villagers request help dealing with a tiger—but when he and his buddy Ben venture into the mountains, they stumble straight into an ambush by guerrilla fighters instead. Trapped and outgunned with Ben wounded, the two soldiers find themselves in a desperate fight for survival against overwhelming odds.
Sergeant Prince, a resourceful mountain man, volunteers to act as a decoy so his company can escape across the Rosewon River—but when enemy forces intercept his signal and a local named Wan Sung offers shelter, Prince finds himself with a radio and a chance to turn the tables on the pursuing Communists. With explosives, wits, and his newfound ally, he launches a one-man campaign to harass the enemy while plotting his own extraction, proving that hunting skills translate just as well to combat as he predicted.
A scrawny soldier named Bertram arrives at his Korean War unit—a pigeon outfit where he's the only one who truly cares for the birds, especially his homing pigeon Captain Jinks. When his new unit gets cut off behind enemy lines with no way to call for help, Bertram sees a chance for his unlikely buddy to prove his worth by carrying a message back to Division headquarters. Watch as a small misfit and his feathered companion become the most vital soldiers on the battlefield.
When enemy forces deploy mysterious archers against his unit in Korea, G.I. Mike McCann seizes his chance to turn the tide—his pre-war hobby as a champion archer suddenly becomes the outfit's best defense. Armed with a specially requisitioned hunting bow, McCann must face the enemy bowmen in a deadly game of precision and survival under cover of darkness. With his marksmanship put to the ultimate test, McCann discovers that sometimes the oldest weapons prove deadliest in modern warfare.
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