War Heroes #4

During the fierce fighting along the Yalu River, Sergeant Danny Jordan discovers a frightened Korean boy named Kimloo hiding in the ruins of Langkow—a town his squad has just captured from enemy forces. After a tragic letter from home threatens to derail him, Danny forms an unexpected bond with the orphaned child and begins the process of adopting him. When a dangerous river patrol goes wrong and Danny's unit becomes trapped behind enemy lines, Kimloo must risk everything to save the brother he's only just found.

Barney Gordon is a hardened loner from the slums who wants nothing to do with his fellow soldiers—until the brutal realities of combat in Korea force him to confront what it means to have comrades who depend on him. When tragedy strikes close and transforms his understanding of friendship, Barney discovers that surviving alone and surviving together are two very different things. By the time he faces his next battle, the cynical wolf has learned that a man's greatest strength lies not in his independence, but in the bonds he builds with others.

Tennessee Jed, a sharpshooter with an obsessive attachment to his homemade mountain gun, becomes the source of frustration for his sergeant and fellow soldiers of the 305th Combat Infantry Team—until his prized weapon goes missing on the eve of a fierce enemy assault. Forced to retrieve it from a hidden cave while the unit faces annihilation, Jed discovers the weapon has caught the attention of enemy forces who recognize it as something far more valuable than anyone expected. His loyalty to that gun becomes the key to turning the tide when his unit needs him most.

Charley Dallas, a former boxer whose hands were shattered in the ring, struggles with jealous Sergeant Raven—a washed-up fighter bitter about his own ruined career—until combat forces them to rely on each other and become allies. When artillery fire destroys their dugout and leaves Dallas's hands badly injured, he's convinced his boxing dreams are finished forever, even as the front demands every able soldier. Dallas must find a reason to keep fighting when the thing he valued most seems lost.