Joe Yank #7
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Clean-Up," by Charles Strong, Corporals Gillen and Read escape from a North Korean prisoner-of-war camp and attempt to reach American lines near Panmunjom. After evading Red Korean guards in the darkness, they plan to ride a train heading south to reach safety, but encounter complications when a film crew arrives at their location. The story depicts their dangerous journey through enemy territory during the Korean War conflict.
Joe Yank jumps at the chance to drive a U.S.O. entertainer named Lilli across the front lines, but when enemy aircraft spot them en route, the pair finds themselves stranded behind enemy positions with nowhere to go but a foxhole. As Joe fights to protect Lilli from the attacking forces, he discovers that combat duty has never felt quite like this before—and help from his unit is closing in fast.
When enemy bombers stage a surprise attack over Korea in December 1951, Colonel Preston and his U.S. Sabre Jets scramble to intercept the communist forces threatening a U.N.-held island. Major George A. Davis leads the charge in a fierce aerial dogfight that sees the American pilots turn the tide decisively against overwhelming odds. It's a hard-won victory that proves the grit and skill of the Allied air corps in one of the war's most pivotal moments.
Joe Yank gets a temporary assignment as a B.A.R. instructor with the Turkish Brigade, trading his routine infantry duties for a crash course in cavalry-style combat alongside Hussin Bey. When a surprise Red attack catches the Turkish forces mid-lesson, Joe discovers that his new allies fight with an old-fashioned boldness—charging enemy positions on horseback and adapting ancient tactics to modern warfare. As Joe and Hussin Bey lead the Turkish soldiers deeper into battle, an unexpected betrayal tests whether their partnership will survive the chaos of the Korean front.
Pinhead Perkins, a fun-loving Private First Class, crashes into a charming WAC named Rosalie Jones and immediately lands a date for the evening—but when his Sergeant assigns him to guard duty that same night, Pinhead decides sneaking out is worth the risk. What follows is a madcap chase across the post's obstacle course, a last-minute reprieve, and a reunion with Rosalie that brings yet another complication in the form of a superior officer with other plans in mind.
When a movie crew filming a war picture arrives in a Korean rear area, Private Joe Yank and Sergeant Mike McGurk can't believe their eyes—especially when they witness the self-absorbed star, Walter Weatherwax, more concerned with his makeup than authenticity. But when genuine enemy forces attack during filming, fate forces the vain actor to discover whether the brave soldier he plays on screen exists anywhere in real life.
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