War Heroes #15

Lieutenant Steve Calhoun flies the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a powerful new fighter that's proving itself invaluable as bomber escort and ground-attack aircraft over Nazi Germany in 1965. When his exceptional flying skills earn him command of an elite flight squadron for high-risk special operations—from coordinating with the French Underground to striking secret Nazi factories—Calhoun discovers that his biggest challenges may come from both the enemy and the dangerous missions themselves. Thunder Over Berlin captures the raw intensity of air combat and the weight of leadership when every sortie could be the last.

When Japanese infiltrators prowl the perimeter at Guadalcanal under cover of darkness, young PFC Roy Haywood finds himself on the edge of breaking—until Sergeant Russ Almeyer decides the best cure for fear is a midnight raid behind enemy lines. As the two Marines turn the tables on their stalkers, Haywood discovers that courage isn't the absence of terror, but learning to act despite it.

Separated from his squad during a patrol in the Guadalcanal jungle, Marine Joseph J. Donlan finds himself isolated and surrounded by Japanese forces—and has to use his wits and guts to survive the encounter without bringing disaster down on his outfit. With enemy patrols closing in and his comrades waiting for an all-clear signal, Donlan makes a desperate gamble that will test whether one Marine alone can hold the line.

A medic moving through the New Guinea jungle spots a downed P-38 pilot in trouble, and when a native warrior leads him to the crash site, he discovers Japanese forces are already hunting the same man. With help from local fighters who've learned to resist the Japanese occupation, the medic races against time to reach the pilot before enemy patrols do.

A replacement soldier gets his first brutal taste of the Afrika Korps when a Nazi shell wipes out his truck unit in the North African desert—and Pvt. Meacham finds himself face-to-face with a smugly superior enemy tank commander. Humiliated and outgunned, the former five-and-dime clerk discovers that desperation can forge courage in the most unlikely places.