| Synopsis: |
In this volume, Charley's platoon are being blown to pieces by their own side! Lieutenant Thomas sends twelve runners to alert the artillery, but none get through. Charley volunteers to be runner thirteen and gets the message through, but Lieutenant Snell causes a fatal delay. Later, when Charley's platoon visit wounded comrades at a field hospital, Charley clashes with Sergeant Bacon, a ruthless military policeman known as 'The Beast' |