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Fightin' Army #32
"The Lesser Evil" depicts American soldiers led by PFC Bud Austen fighting Japanese forces in the New Guinea jungle during World War II, where Austen's platoon endures hunger, disease, and tropical hazards while holding their ground against repeated enemy attacks. Meanwhile, in a separate sequence, a soldier is briefed on sabotaging a Nazi tank train and must detonate explosives at a precise moment when the train passes, successfully destroying it as enemy forces close in. The issue is an anthology of war stories featuring combat scenarios across different theaters of World War II.