War Heroes #1
"Last Chance on Hopeless Hill" follows Infantry Sergeant Tom Carroll and his outfit during intense combat on Hopeless Hill, where they defend a farmhouse position against repeated waves of enemy attack. After a grueling battle that leaves the men exhausted and nearly out of ammunition, they discover an enemy soldier hiding nearby and bring him inside, only to learn he is actually a Korean girl named Ochan Lee who has been helping Allied forces. The soldiers resolve to make their stand at the farmhouse as their final position, preparing for the enemy's biggest charge.
When Lieutenant Graham arrives to replace the beloved Lieutenant Peterson in Company B, the men's resentment runs deep—but their new commander's steady words and tactical mind begin to shift their doubts. When a sudden mortar barrage pins down the unit and machine gun nests threaten to pin them down further, Graham must prove himself under fire, and PFC Ben Goff discovers there's more to the young officer than a fresh-faced shavetail.
Sergeant Tom Cargill returns from a supply run to find his younger brother Ed—who should be fighting on the line—caught cheating at dice in a bombed-out basement. When Tom discovers Ed's pass is forged and he's gone AWOL, tensions explode between the brothers over responsibility and duty, but a sudden enemy bombardment forces them to race back to the front together. Now Tom must grapple with turning Ed in for court-martial while the infiltrating reds launch a desperate attack that puts both brothers' choices to the ultimate test.
When Mess Sergeant Duke Connelly learns that the infantrymen holding Hard Luck Ridge have been subsisting on cold rations for three weeks, he becomes determined to bring hot chow to the front lines—equipment and military brass be damned. Connelly rounds up volunteers, including the reluctant Biggs and the idealistic Dixon, and leads a mobile field kitchen unit on a harrowing journey through enemy territory, facing air strikes, sniper fire, and constant shelling. As they finally reach the combat zone, Connelly refuses to abandon his mission, even when the odds turn against him.
During the brutal winter of 1950 at the Hwachon Reservoir, a small band of Marines—led by Sergeant Fiske—volunteers to hold back overwhelming Chinese forces while the rest of their division withdraws to safety. As the platoon fights through sub-zero weather and relentless waves of attack, their numbers dwindle until only a handful survive, forcing them to seek shelter in an abandoned farmhouse where they encounter Ochan Lee, a South Korean girl who claims to know a way to safety. With enemy forces closing in, the Marines must decide whether to trust her and make their desperate escape through a hidden tunnel.
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