We begin with Sgt. Rock in "It's a Dirty War" by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert. Sgt. Rock orders Easy Company to dig into their position while he goes out on patrol alone. In the surrounding woods, Rock is ambushed by a German soldier. A struggle ensues. It ends with Rock shooting the soldier, who he then discovers is only a young boy. Rock finds an unmailed letter and a picture in the boy's wallet.
When the commander orders Rock and his men out of the area, Rock makes a detour. He dodges Nazi patrols to reach the town of Dorf. The sergeant finds the boy's father and kid brother and delivers the letter. The father understands the nature of war and is not angry, but Willy, the kid brother, is upset.
After Rock departs, a Nazi patrol comes looking for him. He is surprised when the young boy sends the patrol in the other direction. Rock returns to ask what happened. Apparently, the letter he delivered contained a message that Hitler was a liar and a criminal. Rock leaves again. He then kills the Nazi patrol to prevent them from seeking retribution against the boy and his father. Reprinted in Sgt. Rock #21 (1992).
Next is a two-page Battle Album on "Bombers of the...Past--Present--and Future!" by Sam Glanzman.
We end with "The Brave Soldiers" by Robert Kanigher and Ric Estrada. When a Rebel scout discovers Union soldiers on the move to destroy a supply depot, he heads to a nearby military academy for troops, only to discover that only 33 cadets remain. The scout tells the colonel in charge that he must hold the Union forces for three hours while he goes to warn the depot. Though the cadets hold the Union forces at bay for a while, eventually they are overrun. When the Union men see that their enemy were children, they give them a military funeral.
Edited by Joe Kubert.
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