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Battle Stories

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Battle Stories was a K-ration quality war series set in Korea, published in the early 1950s by Fawcett, who was clearly running out of creative steam by that point. Stories like &ldquo;You&rsquo;ll Never Be Twenty,&rdquo; &ldquo;Platoon Forward&rdquo; and &ldquo;Land-Lubber&rdquo; offer war combat action in all its violence and gritty detail, with stock characters falling on grenades to save the rest of the squadron, grizzled veterans warning the fresh-faced recruits about the dangers ahead, and courageous soldiers overmatched by scores of enemy troops finding a way back home against all odds. The ugly stories are matched with ugly, claustrophobic artwork and a generally malevolent editorial tone.</p>

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