Our Army at War #197 is an issue of the series Our Army at War (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1968.
Synopsis for "Last Exit for Easy"
Sgt. Rock and Easy Company receive medals from the mayor of Dunkirk. During the ceremony, the Nazis attack. Sgt. Rock and Unit 3 defeat the enemy tanks, then mourn the mayor who was killed. Reinforcements arrive to hold the area, but a Nazi attack has nearly wiped them out. Sgt. Rock and his men then provide support during an evacuation. Many French people help them including young children such as Yves and Edith Duchamps. Easy helps the last of the ships escape, but Yves is killed. Sgt. Rock leaves his medal on the boy's grave, and Edith joins Unit 3.
Appearing in "Last Exit for Easy"
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Supporting Characters
- Bulldozer
- Wildman
- Little Sure Shot
- Unit 3
Locations:
- France
- Dunkirk
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Synopsis for "No Foxhole for Baby"
The Medic of Able Co., who are fighting outside a small French town, is asked to assist a pregnant woman and her husband to get them to her family's ancestral home so that she can deliver her baby where she and generations of her family had been born. One small problem, however, they have to get through the installed Nazi forces who control the town. The medic uses some quick-thinking and some luck to overcome the odds, but gets her to the house and delivers the baby that then becomes the mascot of the Company.
Appearing in "No Foxhole for Baby"
Characters:
- PFC Hogan
- Lt. Andrews
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See Also
Recommended Reading
- World War II Recommended Reading
- Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 1)
- Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 2)
- All-American Men of War (Volume 1)
- All-Out War (Volume 1)
- Blackhawk (Volume 1)
- Blitzkrieg (Volume 1)
- Capt. Storm (Volume 1)
- Four-Star Battle Tales (Volume 1)
- G.I. Combat (Volume 1)
- Men of War (Volume 1)
- Military Comics (Volume 1)
- Our Army at War (Volume 1)
- Our Fighting Forces (Volume 1)
- Sgt. Rock (Volume 1)
- Sgt. Rock (Volume 2)
- Star-Spangled War Stories (Volume 1)
- Unknown Soldier (Volume 1)
- Weird War Tales (Volume 1)