Battle Cry #9

During a Korean War training exercise, a soldier named Trask must complete a grenade-throwing course while a comrade named Simon struggles with the psychological and physical challenge of handling live explosives, nearly freezing when attempting to throw one. As the day progresses and Simon's condition worsens, a sergeant named Angie refuses to abandon his friend despite orders, leading to a desperate search across the frozen Korean peninsula for an extra blanket to save Simon from exposure and death. When the enemy launches an offensive, Angie and his unit must delay their rescue mission to engage in combat, and the story concludes with the soldiers departing in a truck amid explosions as the Chinese offensive begins.