Combat Kelly Vol 1 43

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 * Title              = Combat Kelly
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 * Issue              = 43
 * Month              = 6
 * Year               = 1957


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 * StoryTitle1        = Red Assault on Hill 313!
 * Synopsis1          = Baker Company is storming Hill 313 to force communist troops off the hill. The commander of the enemy troops however has other ideas, a 25 year veteran he orders his fellow troops to roll boulders down the hill to stop the advancement of American troops, but Baker Company takes cover behind trees to defend themselves and then they storm the top of the hill and win a fist fight against the communist forces, forcing them to retreat.

While the communist commander refuses to surrender he orders his troops to push forward using his knowledge of warfare. Meanwhile Baker Company digs in for the counter attack and they discover that beneath of the soil the ground is wet with clay. As the battle rages, Cookie uncovers an underground spring. With the enemy troops pushing forward, Combat comes up with a means to stop them: using the water and clay, they create a thick slick of clay down the side of the hill. The communist forces slip about in the clay and soon find their weapons jammed with wet clay. The commanding officer then orders his men to surrender completely amazed that in all his 25 years in combat he has not seen such a strategy used.

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 * {{a|Combat Kelly}}
 * {{a|Baker Company}}
 * {{a|Cookie Novak}}
 * {{a|Major Thorn}}
 * Communist forces


 * StoryTitle2        = The Trap!
 * Synopsis2          = Baker Company lands on a Japanese held atoll to find that the Imperial Japanese forces are holding the island with radio controlled miniature tanks. While Combat, Cookie and the other soldiers hold their own against the tanks with bazookas but they are unable to stop them from attacking their supply ships.

Seeking to take control of the miniature tanks, Baker Company presses into the jungles clashing with Japanese forces. They find the miniature tanks and send the Imperial Japanese fleeing, however the commander has the remote control unit and intends to use it to turn the tide of battle around.

When the Americans use the the miniature tanks to attack Japanese forces, the commander intends to use the radio control unit to turn the tanks around back at the American troops and active their self destruct mechanism. However, Combat Kelly has already thought of this and before the Japanese commander can seize control of the tanks, they explode on Japanese lines decimating their ranks and force them to surrender.

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 * {{a|Combat Kelly}}
 * {{a|Baker Company}}
 * {{a|Cookie Novak}}
 * {{a|Captain Thorn}}
 * {{a|Imperial Japan}}


 * StoryTitle3        = Lost in No Man's Land!
 * Synopsis3          = War story narrated by Combat Kelly


 * StoryTitle4        = The Capture of Captain Thorn
 * Synopsis4          = Cookie is present while watching the Bacardi brothers practice their circus acrobat routine only to be told to stop by the Sarge, but the brothers insist that they need to continue practising if they want to get a job in the circus after the war.

The Sarge then informs them that Major Thorn has been captured by communist troops and needs to be rescued. When Baker Company storms the base where Thorn is being held prisoner they find that their commanding officer is being held in the upper floor of the building, the Bacardi brothers use their acrobat routine to get the drop on Thorn's captors and help rescue him. In response to this, the Sarge tells the Bacardis that they can practice their circus routine whenever they want.

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 * {{a|Cookie Novak}}
 * {{a|Baker Company}}
 * {{a|Major Thorn}}


 * StoryTitle5        = Run, Doggies... Run!
 * Synopsis5          = Communist forces have hold up in an ancient Korean temple stopping Baker company from attacking due to a promise Major Thorn made to one of the elder villagers not to damage the temple.

The communists meanwhile are able to shell Baker Company and Major Thorn comes up with a solution: a retreat. That night, it appears that the entire company is going on retreat, but their escape is revealed by the moon. When the communist soldiers leave the temple to gloat, they are shocked to find that Combat Kelly, Cookie Novak and others are still there, hiding out and easily take the communist soldiers and take them prisoner.

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 * Appearing5         =
 * {{a|Combat Kelly}}
 * {{a|Baker Company}}
 * {{a|Cookie Novak}}
 * {{a|Major Thorn}}
 * Communist soldiers
 * Notes              = * The story "The Capture of Captain Thorn" is mistitled, in the story Thorn is referred to as a Captain although it takes place during the Korean War. According to continuity, Thorn became a Major during World War II as per {{c|Combat Kelly #44}}.
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