Tell It to the Marines #10

During the Korean War, a U.N. prisoner column trudges north toward Manchuria under the brutal watch of Captain Kim—a ruthless guard who executes anyone too weak to continue. Lieutenant Taggert, wounded and determined to survive, clings to a fierce purpose: he blames a deserter named Krebs for the ambush that devastated his platoon and got him captured. With help from fellow Marine Corporal Joe Norris, Taggert endures the deadly march, escapes, and eventually makes his way back to safety—but a chance encounter at the rear camp forces him to confront everything he thought he knew about the man he'd vowed to hunt down.

When a Marine dive bomber pilot ditches near the isolated atoll of Ulathi in 1943, he finds himself stranded among a peaceful island community and cut off from any way home. As 1st Lt. Bush Long settles into an unexpected refuge, fate—and a Japanese Zero—offer him an unexpected path back to the fight, leading to a daring gambit that puts everything he's come to care for in the crosshairs. A gripping tale of duty, survival, and the impossible choices a soldier must make when duty calls.

A squad of Marines dug into a frozen Korean ridge in 1952 decides to boost morale the only way that matters—by acquiring a pig from enemy lines to roast. When Corporal Foss manages to smuggle the animal back to camp and names him Uncle Joe, the men begin fattening him up for a feast, but their plans take a dark turn when the enemy launches an attack and the pig disappears. Foss convinces his lieutenant to authorize a rescue patrol under false pretenses, leading his men on a mission to recover their four-legged friend from a farmhouse beyond enemy lines.

Sgt. "Howitzer Howie" Burns, the Corps' sharpest artilleryman, finds himself hospitalized in Korea with a wound that's healing but a conscience that won't let him walk—until a young Korean patient named Ran Wo arrives to share stories and cards. As the two form an unlikely friendship, Burns finally confronts the terrible choice he was forced to make at the Nampo River bridge, where military orders demanded he fire on civilians to stop an enemy advance. Through Ran Wo's unexpected grace and forgiveness, Burns may finally find the path back to himself.