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The Fighting Man #4
"Glory Horn" depicts a young soldier named Deke Perkins being sent to the Army, where his mother gives him an old brass bugle that belonged to his great-grandfather, the best bugler in the Army of the Potomac. During the Korean War, Deke and his fellow soldiers are transporting supplies by train through Korea when they are ambushed by guerrillas who stop the train. After spotting an American woman aboard and discovering that guerrillas are in pursuit, Deke and his unit must use a jeep to deliver rice rations and reach General Headquarters, encountering enemy forces along the way while relying on the historic bugle to signal and coordinate their movements.