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G.I. Combat #23 (1955)
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In the brutal assault on the Yat Chi beachhead, Marines Dan Murphy and Red Halloran—once friends, now bitter enemies—must set aside their feud as they face a relentless enemy and a battlefield that grows more dangerous with every step. As the bombardment ends and the silence before the storm breaks, the two men find themselves pushed together by circumstance, their rivalry simmering even as they fight for survival.
In the mountains near Naples, three G.I.s on a furlough stumble upon the elusive Vantos, a suspected Red agent, leading them on a dangerous chase into a hidden mountain fortress. As they uncover a secret arsenal and find themselves trapped between enemy forces, mines, and a blown bridge, they must think fast to survive—and stop a larger communist threat before it reaches Italian soil.
PFC Danny Carr, a cocky baseball star unaccustomed to hardship, clashes with his no-nonsense sergeant during a grueling stint behind the front lines in Korea, where mud, cold, and danger are constant. When a discarded sardine can inadvertently reveals their position to enemy forces, Carr’s recklessness puts the entire squad at risk—until he must prove his worth in a desperate, high-stakes moment that forces him to confront the true meaning of teamwork.
In "Unseen Enemy," three American soldiers return to a remote island they once liberated during the Korean War to establish a weather station. When Barney insists he’s seen North Korean soldiers lurking in the jungle, his comrades dismiss him as haunted by past battles—until an ambush proves he wasn’t imagining things.