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G.I. Sweethearts #36
In "Target for Heartbreak," a soldier named Rick receives a telegram that his brother Jim was killed in the Korean War, devastating his girlfriend Pat who had been waiting for him. Struggling with his grief and anger toward the military, Rick pushes Pat away and breaks their engagement, unable to bear the sight of uniforms. Pat eventually agrees to a plan by Rick's friend Russ to help heal his heartbreak: she will date Russ and later travel to New York, where Russ escorts her while writing letters to Rick suggesting she's moved on with another man and found happiness. The letters eventually convince Rick to reconsider, and he reconciles with Pat after realizing he still loves her and that Russ had been helping him all along.