War Heroes #21

A pilot who's always considered himself just an average guy finds himself thrust into the spotlight during the Korean War when a desperate dogfight over MiG Alley forces his hand. Captain Don Ordwell never wanted to be a hero—all he wants is to get home safely to Beth and their kids—but when his element leader Captain Ayres is in trouble, instinct takes over. As Don's reluctant valor earns him medals and newspaper headlines, he discovers that being a live husband might matter more to his wife than being a decorated war ace.

Cpl. Gus Dijon knows his modified jeep inside and out—and he's about to prove it when he's tasked with ferrying an Air Force liaison officer to a dangerous ridge behind enemy lines in Korea, with Communist mortars locked onto the route. Dijon's unorthodox driving style and split-second instincts will be put to the test as he navigates enemy fire to get the lieutenant where he needs to go and back alive.

Lt. George Heyer and his badly wounded crew aboard PT 216 face an impossible choice when Japanese forces close in on a Philippine harbor—with thirty-five evacuees waiting to be rescued, Heyer devises a desperate plan to draw enemy fire while a sister boat escapes. Outnumbered and outgunned, Heyer must decide what price he's willing to pay to get those people to safety.

Captain Dahler freezes under fire during a brutal engagement on the Cherbourg Peninsula, his fear overwhelming him as his men of Able Company die around him—and Major Stark relieves him of command for cowardice. But as Dahler recovers from a fever that had clouded his judgment that day, he finds himself back in the combat zone with a chance to prove himself when he commandeers a truck loaded with demolition charges to take out a Nazi strongpoint pinning down his company. In this raw, unflinching war story, a soldier must reckon with his own weakness and discover whether courage can be reclaimed.