Our Army at War #57

Two helmeted soldiers hunch intently over a field gun on this April 1957 cover from DC's Our Army at War, with distant infantry advancing across a dusty battlefield behind them — all rendered with striking close-up tension by cover artist Jerry Grandenetti. The lead feature, "The Silent Gun," promises hushed, high-stakes combat drama, alongside what the cover bills as "other explosive battle-action stories," including Ed Herron's "Ten-Minute Break!" with art by Jack Abel. At just ten cents, this issue captures the gritty, ground-level spirit that made DC's war titles essential reading in the late 1950s.