We start this issue with Sgt. Rock in "Summer in Salerno" by Joe Kubert and Russ Heath. Sgt. Rock leads Easy Company into Italy during the Summer of 1943. In the town of Salerno, Easy enters a farmhouse and discovers an elderly couple living inside. When the men are pinned down by three enemy tanks, the couple leads Easy into the cellar for protection. Rock takes on the tanks himself. He destroys two, but the third has him pinned down. The old man comes out of the cellar and firebombs the Nazi tank. His tactic is successful, and Easy finishes liberating the town.
Next up is a Battle Album featuring Grenade Launcher! by Sam Glanzman. Information about different Grenade Launchers, including a 1685 Naval Brass Launcher, 1940 M1 30 Caliber rifle with M17 Launcher, 1965 40 MM Grenade Launcher, and 1969 M16 with 40 MM launcher. Also includes a cross-section of a typical WWII grenade.
We end with a tale by Ric Estrada; "Mercy Brigade" is a fictionalized retelling of the lives of three men destined to be great writers, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and John Dos Passos, during WWI.
Edited by Joe Kubert.
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