Don Winslow of the Navy #2

Don Winslow and his sidekick Red Pennington are ordered on a reconnaissance mission over the Solomon Islands, where they stumble upon a Japanese fleet hidden behind Shortland Island—and rush to warn the American fleet. When the ensuing naval battle traps the U.S. ships in a tactical disadvantage, Don and Red volunteer for a daring P-T boat raid to strike the enemy from behind, setting off a chain of explosive encounters that will test their courage against overwhelming odds.

When Eaglebeak Spruder breaks a young boy's glider, he convinces his pal Tinko that the wall was to blame—but Eaglebeak's got more tricks up his sleeve to distract from the damaged toy. This cheeky 1943 humor strip shows that sometimes the smoothest talker in the neighborhood knows just how to talk his way out of trouble.

When famed inventor Eli Nordin demonstrates his revolutionary water-based motor fuel to Navy officials on a testing ground, he and his car vanish without a trace—leaving only tire tracks that end abruptly in sand and a single clue for Don Winslow to follow. Don's hunch that Nordin was kidnapped sets him and Red on the trail of a conspiracy that reaches into the highest levels of the oil company running the test, with danger mounting at every turn.

Commander Don Winslow and Lieutenant Red Pennington uncover a sabotage plot on Inway Island when a mysterious clue—a watch cover bearing the initials V.V.—leads them to a beautiful spy posing as a nurse. As enemy forces close in for a dawn attack, Winslow must race against the clock to stop the saboteurs and prevent the Japanese fleet from overwhelming the island.

When U.S. Navy Commander Don Winslow notices an alarming pattern of freighter sinkings, he suspects Nazi submarines are being tipped off—and stumbles onto the answer thanks to his friend Red Pennington's crossword puzzle collection. The clues hidden in the daily puzzles lead Don to a saboteur posing as an American, setting in motion a desperate race to stop a broadcast that will doom another ship. With high tide rising and time running out, Don and Red must outwit a nest of Nazi agents to prevent the final, deadly transmission.