Sue and Sally Smith, Flying Nurses #48

When a flying nurse named Sally Smith arrives at a Mexican mining village to treat an epidemic of infectious arthritis with a precious limited serum, she finds herself at odds with the ruthless mine owner Señor Lobala, who demands the treatment for his family while the suffering villagers go untreated. Forced to navigate his greed and coercion, Sally must use her wits and compassion to outsmart a man who sees human suffering as merely the cost of profit. A tense clash of mercy and selfishness unfolds in the mountain mining camp, where one nurse refuses to let corruption win.

When a young woman's mother dies suddenly, her father falls into devastating grief, refusing to eat or return to work while their family crumbles around them. A loyal friend steps in to shake them both awake—urging her back to school and pushing her father to rejoin life—and in doing so, helps her see that recovery and love might be possible after all. "We Must Go on Living" explores how compassion and persistence can help a broken family find their way back to each other, published in *Flying Nurses* #48.

When Wanda and Danny's parents forbid them from seeing each other, the young couple decides their only option is to elope—until illness and a misunderstanding threaten to derail everything on the very eve of their escape. As Wanda recovers, she must untangle the truth about what her sister Joyce really means to Danny, and discover whether their love can survive the test.

Nurse Sue Smith volunteers for a dangerous assignment in Vietnam, where she's sent to assist Dr. Tillman in caring for war orphans at a remote village—only to find herself and the doctor caught between warring factions when Viet-Cong guerrillas arrive demanding medical proof of their claims. As Sue navigates the impossible choice between her Hippocratic oath and her own survival, she discovers that sometimes the greatest courage isn't found on a battlefield.