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Fightin' Marines #45
The issue contains two stories. "The Wounded Japanese Soldier" depicts Sergeant Halloran's encounter with an injured Japanese soldier who had missed him during combat; the soldier expresses regret that he did not kill Halloran and reveals he previously fought Americans. "Parnell Bridge" is a longer narrative account by a military officer describing a World War II operation in which he and fellow soldiers, including Boris and Jartinowsky, planned and executed the destruction of a bridge across the Geltzer Chasm to prevent Nazi troop reinforcements, using improvised underwater explosives and timing the detonation to coincide with German train passage.