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Fightin' Army #44
This anthology issue contains multiple war stories. "Banzai" depicts American and Nazi soldiers in brutal combat, with a soldier named Davey Cohen fighting back despite harsh punishment and discovering the enemy is larger than expected. Another story features Chinese soldiers in combat, with dialogue in their native dialect, as American forces endure heavy shellfire and later encounter orphaned children in a monastery, offering them food and shelter. A third story shows Anderson setting a booby trap with trip-wire grenades in jungle terrain, managing to stall an enemy attack before calling in reinforcements at daylight.