G.I. Combat #31

A U.S. reconnaissance pilot vanishes over Fury Island, a volatile volcano in the Pacific, and a small combat team is dropped onto its treacherous slopes to uncover what destroyed him—only to discover a hidden Soviet missile installation that threatens every American base in the region. With the volcano rumbling beneath their feet and enemy forces closing in, this handful of soldiers must find a way to neutralize a weapons system far beyond their firepower before the island—and their mission—literally explodes.

Lt. Mayfield of the Sixth Infantry Corps has earned a reputation as the perfect soldier—always volunteering for the toughest assignments, always inspiring confidence—but when he's finally held back from a dangerous mission, the strain begins to show. Desperate to prove his fearlessness and prove he isn't yellow, Mayfield is assigned to lead a decoy attack on the enemy flank, and what unfolds becomes far more than anyone anticipated. This raw portrait of combat fatigue shows how the price of being indispensable can shatter even the strongest mind.

A Navy patrol bomber crew stumbles upon a camouflaged Soviet submarine base hidden near the Panama Canal—and when their discovery doesn't go unnoticed, they're forced aboard as prisoners of war. Outnumbered and unarmed, the men must use their wits and the base's own fuel supplies as leverage to sabotage the enemy installation before they're executed, all while hoping their distress signal reaches help in time.

Second Lieutenant Bill Ellis arrives at his new platoon on the Korean front as a replacement for the legendary Lieutenant Larson, only to find the men demoralized after repeated failed assaults on heavily fortified Heartbreak Hill. When a frontal attack falters once again with heavy casualties, Ellis takes a desperate solo gamble—using his background as a collegiate gymnast to scale the seemingly unclimbable cliff face under enemy fire, gambling that the chaos of his infiltration will give his men the opening they need.