G.I. Combat #38

Major Garrett's G.I. forces race to complete a 600-mile pipeline from the Mosul oil fields to the Persian Gulf, but Russian-backed tribesmen—led by Colonel Orlov and the fierce El Fallom—are determined to sabotage it at any cost. As the Americans deploy helicopters and patrols to defend the pipeline across impossible distances, Orlov and El Fallom orchestrate increasingly cunning attacks, forcing Garrett to stay one step ahead of an enemy that seems always ready with a new scheme. The struggle intensifies as both sides probe for weaknesses, with the fate of the pipeline—and the balance of power in the Near East—hanging in the balance.

During the Korean War, Lieutenant Saunders and his tank-killer team are pinned down by a lone Soviet T-34 that's wreaking havoc near the Myongu River—armed only with carbines and hand grenades against 35 tons of armor. When the men discover the tank's cannon may be out of ammunition, they devise a desperate plan to lure "Wang Bang" into a trap that only the frozen Korean mud can spring. It's a tense cat-and-mouse game where quick thinking and nerve become the only weapons that matter.

When Captain Halleck's G.I.s conduct secret weapons maneuvers in a remote German sector, they're ambushed from both directions—first by what appear to be West German troops, then by East German forces. As the noose tightens and the true scope of the Soviet deception unfolds, Halleck must decide whether to retreat and let the enemy seize the experimental hardware, or risk everything by deploying the untested weapons in combat.

Private Charlie Longhorse, a full-blooded Cheyenne and the clumsiest replacement in Dog Company, finally finds his true calling when the squad prepares to storm a heavily fortified enemy ridge under mortar fire. After Sergeant Keller forbids him from attempting a solo night mission, Charlie sheds his noisy G.I. boots, dons his moccasins, and moves like a shadow up the enemy slope to silence the guns that have been pinning down the American position. What unfolds is a one-man raid that proves the clumsy soldier's natural talents for stealth and combat—earning the nameless ridge a new name in the process.