Fight Comics #26

Rip Carson and his fellow paratroops capture a Japanese airfield on the China coast, but their victory is complicated when they discover a woman named Rose Lu sheltering refugee children in the jungle—and when Japanese bombers strike back with devastating force. As a new American bomber squadron arrives, Rose reveals crucial intelligence about the enemy's main base, setting the stage for a coordinated counterattack that could turn the tide of the battle.

Former boxing champion Barney Ross, now serving as a Marine private on Guadalcanal, finds himself in the thick of jungle combat against a heavily armed Japanese force dug in along the Matanikau River. Badly outnumbered and running low on ammunition, Ross and his fellow soldiers must hold their ground in a shell crater while protecting wounded comrades—a fight that tests his courage in ways no boxing ring ever could. Promoted to corporal for his actions, Ross reflects on his greatest battles, only to insist that his real fight is the one still being waged for freedom itself.