G.I. Joe #43

Pvt. Joe Burch receives orders to join the salvage crew of Army Ship 310, where his demolitions expertise is needed for a covert mission: destroying a wrecked submarine lying in enemy waters off the Korean coast before hostile forces can salvage its classified mine-laying technology. Working alongside Frogman Williams and under the watchful eye of Sgt. Mulvaney, Burch must overcome his own doubts and navigate treacherous conditions to complete the dangerous underwater assignment.

Cpl. Clark Thomas returns from the Korean battlefield with shrapnel wounds that heal, but something deeper troubles him—a psychological refusal to face light that threatens to steal his sight. As he struggles against his own mind in a military hospital, a single ray of hope during an enemy air raid becomes the turning point he desperately needs to reclaim his vision and his will to recover.

Pvt. Joe Burch dreams of a quiet homecoming with his cousin Janie when Baker Company ships home to San Francisco, but bureaucratic delays and the chaos of army life keep getting in the way—and when he finally does make it to that movie, he discovers the picture on screen hits a little too close to what he's trying to leave behind. A warm, wryly funny look at the gap between a soldier's homecoming fantasies and the messy reality of actually being back.

Sgt. Mulvaney needs a bantamweight boxer for the regimental tournament, and the only soldier in the regiment who fits the bill is Pvt. Alvin Otis—a timid, bespectacled private who's terrified of fighting. When Cpl. Reilly convinces Ugly to sign up as a "pugilist" instead, Lt. Bronson is forced to work with what he's got, even if it means removing the kid's glasses before he steps into the ring. Watch as this reluctant recruit faces his fears and discovers what he's truly made of when the bell rings on fight night.