Battle Stories #1

In the frozen hills near the 38th Parallel, Sergeant Loomis Craig and war correspondent Dane Harrod are pinned down by enemy fire when a simple question about hope becomes the catalyst for survival—and a desperate race against time. Captured by Red Army forces, the two men must fight their way back to warn their weakly defended outpost of an imminent dawn attack. With the help of stranded British soldiers, Craig leads a dangerous infiltration mission to strike at the enemy command post and buy their comrades a fighting chance.

A young jet pilot named Kelly arrives at an advanced airfield during the Korean War and falls head-over-heels for the base's new diesel caterpillar tractor—much to the annoyance of veteran pilot Petrucci. When a massive Red offensive threatens to overrun the airfield, Kelly and the squadron must defend their base using every weapon at their disposal, from the sky to the ground itself. It's a wartime story about an unlikely friendship forged under fire and the desperation of holding the line when reinforcements won't come.

Captain Rowe of the 26th Infantry Scout Platoon can't stand the Great Dane assigned to his unit—that is, until a disastrous ambush near Kumsong leaves him and his men stranded behind enemy lines with no way to call for help. When Private James Furey and Hamlet must attempt a desperate solo mission through Red territory to reach headquarters and save their trapped squad, the dog's true value becomes impossible to deny. This 1952 war story shows that sometimes the most unexpected soldiers prove to be the most heroic when it matters most.