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Battlefield Action #42
"The Colonel's Reunion" depicts a World War II military engagement where Allied forces, including a scout named Brady commanding a company, face a German regiment attacking across open ground toward a ridge position with no available fire support from pillboxes. After the major orders an artillery strike on the colonel's office to eliminate enemy leadership, the soldiers must hold their position against the assault, with guerrillas aiding the American forces by attacking German trucks and supply lines on a nearby road.