Battle Stories #9

When Hennie Robbins enlists to avenge his brother's death in Korea, he's just the quiet type nobody expects much from—until Company L finds itself pinned down by overwhelming enemy fire with nowhere to go. Burning with rage and resolve, Robbins launches a daring solo assault up a heavily defended slope, turning the tide just enough for his unit to withdraw with their wounded. Back home in Camville, the modest soldier becomes an unlikely hero, though he's still the same quiet kid who lets his actions do the talking.

When Lt. Richards arrives to take command of Baker Company, Sergeant Deebel is shocked to discover they both carry photographs of the same woman—Betty. Convinced the new lieutenant is his romantic rival and using dangerous patrols to eliminate the competition, Deebel's suspicion and resentment grow with each grueling assignment, until a desperate encounter with an enemy tank forces the two men to confront what's really going on between them.

Private B.B. Doran chafes at his assignment as a quartermaster, desperate to see real combat instead of hauling rations and ammunition for other soldiers. When Sergeant Cartney taps him for an urgent supply run to a trapped unit on a besieged hillside, Doran finally gets his chance—but the road ahead is crawling with enemy forces and the obstacles keep mounting. With ingenuity and nerve, Doran discovers that sometimes the most unconventional fighting gets the job done.

When an American freighter carrying weapons for Scottish soldiers is sunk by enemy gunboats off the Korean coast, Sergeant Bill Battle of the U.S. 8th Army is assigned to train the Fourth Highland Fusileers in American infantry tactics—and quickly discovers that the rough, proud Scotsmen are anything but the "ladies" he jokingly called them. As cultural clashes and the weight of personal loss threaten to derail the unit's readiness, Battle and his unlikely recruits must find common ground to face the enemy ahead.