Frontline Combat #3

In the tense quiet of a U.S. destroyer’s morning routine, Seaman 2/C Yearling is all too aware of the mess left behind in the freshly cleaned sinks—until General Quarters shatters the calm. Amid the chaos of a mine strike and plunging lights, Yearling is accidentally sealed inside a flooded compartment, cut off from the crew and the ship’s desperate efforts to stay afloat.

In the blistering heat of the North African desert, General Rommel leads his weary troops through a landscape of sand and sacrifice, navigating dwindling supplies and mounting peril. His journey takes him from a British hospital to a Polish POW camp, where resistance simmers beneath the surface, and the weight of a secret plot against Hitler begins to unravel. As reprisals grow and whispers of treason spread, the fate of a war and a man hang in the balance.

In "Prisoner of War!", American soldiers abruptly pulled from occupation duty in Japan are thrust into the brutal reality of the Korean War, only to be captured by enemy forces. Forced into a grueling march toward Seoul, one soldier, Benedict, tries to survive by ingratiating himself with the captors—only to discover that loyalty, even when bought, comes with a steep and unexpected cost.

In "How They Die!", a Frenchman riding in a U.S. Army jeep through post-D-Day France is haunted by the weight of history as he reflects on the countless wars that have swept through his homeland. From Attila the Hun’s march to Napoleon’s fall, each era of conquest and defeat flashes through his mind, each one leaving behind the same sorrow and loss. As the jeeps roll toward Chalon, the past and present blur into a quiet meditation on the cost of war.