War Heroes #2

A Marine company pinned down by Japanese forces on Iwo Jima faces annihilation until their regimental commander, Colonel Gerhardt, takes matters into his own hands and charges the enemy blockhouse alone. As the narrator and his fellow Marines provide covering fire, they watch their veteran officer—a man who'd never seen combat before this day—make a desperate bid to neutralize the threat and save the company.

When the company digs in for a brutal, grinding war of attrition, PFC Rafe Ellson can't stomach waiting passively in his foxhole—the country boy and natural hunter keeps slipping behind enemy lines to do what he does best. His uncanny ability to predict enemy attacks and pick off key targets from deep in hostile territory earns him respect from his outfit, even if his methods baffle the brass. "The Loner" is a tense character study of a soldier who fights by instinct rather than orders, and whether the Army can—or should—try to rein him in.