Dates
- Cover date
- September 1944
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers
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Creators
Stories
- The Fighting Seabees · 6 pages
Factory workers Jim, Dave and Larry join the Seabees and see action in the South Pacific.
- The Conquest of Yellow Fever · 8 pages
In Cuba in 1900, medical officer Major Walter Reed proves yellow fever is spread by mosquitoes.
- Major James H. Howard, Sky-Hunter · 4 pages
Major James H. Howard flies with the Flying Tigers in China against the Japanese, then transfers to the European Theatre of Operations where he becomes an ace against Nazi aircraft.
- Brazil · 8 pages
Brazil is discovered in 1500 and becomes part of the Portuguese empire, changing hands several times. In 1822 Brazil achieves its independence. During World War II, President Getulio Vargas stands up against a Nazi plot to conquer his country and joins the Allies.
- Colonel Ludvik Svoboda · 5 pages
After Czechoslovakia is conquered by the Germans, Col. Svoboda and his Czech soldiers escape to Russia where they are given arms and another chance to fight the Nazis.
- Mississippi Pilot · 2 pages
The story of how Samuel Clemens progressed from a riverboat pilot to a world-famous author known as Mark Twain.
- Tamerlane · 6 pages
Tamerlane leads a Mongol army to conquest throughout Asia.
- Cadet-Midshipman Edwin J. O'Hara · 4 pages
In 1942, Edwin O'Hara is assigned to the S.S. Stephen Hopkins. The ship is ambushed by Axis raiders off the coast of Africa. O'Hara single-handedly mans a gun and sinks one of the enemy ships at the cost of his own life.
- Jacob Riis: The Making of an American · 5 pages
In the 19th century, Jacob Riis emigrates from Denmark to the USA. He becomes a reporter and crusades for social justice, dying in 1914.