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Marine War Heroes #6
This issue features two war stories. "The Snipers" depicts a harrowing battle in Guadalcanal's jungle graveyard during World War II, where American Marines face Japanese snipers entrenched throughout the terrain and must fight to survive enemy fire hidden in trees, grass, and behind rocks. "Rear Guard!" chronicles American forces in Korea defending against repeated Japanese assaults, with Marines manning machine gun positions and calling in air support to hold their ground against waves of enemy charges. A third story, featuring a Marine fighter pilot running out of fuel, crash-lands in Korean terrain and encounters friendly forces before being rescued from the battlefield.