U.S. Fighting Men #17

This anthology issue contains three war stories. "Toast to a Hero" features Yi Soong, a North Korean jet pilot who escapes from behind the bamboo curtain and defects to the Americans, recounting his journey and revealing he was trained as a Soviet jet pilot. "Operation Brain Wash" depicts a court martial proceeding where a reporter learns that an accused traitor named Morrison, who confessed to using germ warfare, may actually be innocent—having been tortured and brainwashed into a false confession during three years of imprisonment in a Chinese POW camp. The final story involves American soldiers encountering Japanese soldiers armed with iron pants during combat operations, with the soldiers sharing reminiscences of encountering this unusual enemy equipment.