Navy Task Force #6
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThe issue contains at least two stories. "Red Pigeons" follows Commander Frank Davis aboard the U.S.S. Ventura aircraft carrier as it conducts operations against enemy aircraft over Korea, with tension arising when an ensign's practice with clay pigeon shooting annoys fellow officers during wartime. "In the Best Traditions" depicts a submarine crew executing a dangerous landing party mission to destroy an enemy-held bridge on the Korean coastline.
Old No. 227 is a worn-out destroyer that should have been scrapped years ago, but when war comes to Manila Harbor in December 1941, this unlikely "scrap heap" gets its chance to fight back. Paired with a small task force and later chosen to lead destroyer divisions, the aging tin can proves that heart and grit can outweigh rust and obsolescence in the heat of naval combat. This is the story of how a ship written off by everyone became a legend.
A submarine crew drops a landing party to destroy a strategic railroad bridge supplying enemy forces, but when the soldiers seize the opportunity to take down an ammunition train as well, they risk missing their extraction window. As the sub captain faces the agonizing decision of whether to abandon his men or endanger his vessel, the landing party fights their way back through enemy fire in a race against the clock.
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Reprinted in Fighting Jets #2 (1955), Battle Stations Giant Edition #36-41 (1966)
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