Fightin' Army #30

When a lieutenant and his driver arrive in the French village of Grenarde to make it official liberation, they quickly realize the mayor's denial about German soldiers is actually a coded warning—Nazi S.S. troops are holding the townspeople hostage while preparing their escape. With help from PFC Russ Hager and the courage of the village's unarmed men and women, Lt. Conti hatches a daring plan to turn the tables on their captors and reclaim the town.

When General MacArthur orders a retreat from Manila in January 1942, American soldiers dig in across Luzon and Bataan, fighting a desperate delaying action against overwhelming Japanese forces—buying precious time for the home front to build ships, planes, and armies. Starving, low on ammunition, and under constant air attack, the troops make their final stand on the island fortress of Corregidor, where they endure a month of bombardment before exhaustion and empty supplies force surrender. Through five brutal months of holding the line, these soldiers discover that their sacrifice—though it costs them their freedom—may prove crucial to winning the wider war.

Trapped behind enemy lines in the North African desert, Sergeant Keller, Corporal Hallman, and Private O'Brien join forces with a British nurse after a chance encounter with a German scout car—together they must navigate 800 miles of hostile territory to reach safety. With fuel running low and Rommel's forces closing in, the group devises an audacious plan to bluff their way through a Nazi supply base, gambling that their improvised disguise will hold long enough to reach the British lines.