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Fightin' Army #53
Fightin' Army #53 This issue contains multiple war stories. One story involves American soldiers who capture enemy soldiers and are ordered to march them to a desert town serving as German headquarters, where the captives claim they will provide valuable information upon interrogation back home. In another story, soldiers attempt to destroy a fuel drum and retrieve it before the enemy uses it, leading to combat involving explosions and a soldier siphoning fuel to escape. A third story depicts military officers planning a diversion tactic involving demolition experts and mines around an island's shoreline to shock enemy guards. The issue concludes with scenes of soldiers in combat, including references to lost tanks and encounters with an old man at a ranch.