American Private Brad Lynch excelled as a gunner, enjoying his role in an anti-tank platoon based in the German countryside. Calm and composed, Lynch hit his targets with ease.

But when the platoon received orders to aid infantrymen in the nearby town of Aachen, Lynch lost his cool. Witnessing his friends fall to German snipers, he began to fear for his life. Tormented by nightmares and the claustrophobia of a small town, where the enemy lurks around every corner, now was the time for Private Lynch to run – or fight!

Story: Ferg Handley
Art: Manuel Benet
Cover: Manuel Benet