Combat Casey #17 — Nick Peron

Sep 7

Sep 7 Combat Casey #17

Combat Casey

Following the case fire in Korea, Combat Casey and Penny Pennington are out on patrol for gorilla forces that are still active when they discover a poppy growing operation for the opium trade. Just as they have made this discovery they are attacked by Red Poppy and her female workers, who have a lucrative trade selling the poppies to the gorilla soldiers in order to enthrall followers.

However before her minions can kill the two American soldiers, Red Poppy stops them as she has decided she is going to force them into helping smuggle opium into the south. Combat and Penny fight back but they are soon outnumbered by an army of women. When Red Poppy explains why she needs them, Combat refuses but Penny agrees. Combat is shocked to see that his friend is apparently betraying his country. Along the way they are ambushed by Chinese soldiers intent on stealing the opium instead of paying Red Poppy. Red, Combat and Penny slay them and continue on their way.

When they get past the American check point, they continue along the way to the Chinese gorilla soldier's base. They also try to betray her and that is when Penny springs his true plan: fighting off the soldiers, Penny lights the hay wagon they used to smuggle the opium on fire and rides it around the piles of hay where the supplies are kept, burning them all. They then ride into a lake to put out the fire in their wagon. In the aftermath, Red Poppy tries to convince them to join her, but the two Americans dunk her under the water.

Recurring Characters

Combat Casey
Penny Pennington

Dudley the Demon!

Penny's childhood sweetheart Betty Corey finds Penny on KP duty and asks why he has been avoiding her. Penny tells her that he has not, it's just that Sargent Pulaski has been putting him on duties that keep them apart. Suddenly there is an explosion that knocks Sargent Pulaski in the kitchen. It turns out that Pulaski has been assigned to care for Betty's trouble making younger brother Dudley. Fed up of the boy's dangerous pranks, Pulaski pulls rank and assigned Penny to look after the boy so that he can once more make time with Betty.

Penny has no choice and when young Dudley ties a rope from the bumper of a jeep to Penny's foot, he is almost dragged to his death. Breaking free, Penny decides to punish Dudley by spanking him but Colonel Corey orders him to stop and put up with his son and his "little pranks".

Penny puts up with the boys pranks all day long, finally fed up Penny decides to take Dudley on a jeep ride but they end up being surrounded by gorilla fighters once they get off base. The boy has the time of his life as Penny and Dudley fight off the gorilla fighters. When they return to base Dudley has considered Penny to be his pal and Colonel Corey decides to allow Penny to take his daughter to the camp dance that night, sticking Pulaski with the task of taking care of Dudley during the duration.

Recurring Characters

Penny Pennington
Betty Corey
Colonel Corey
Sargent Pulaski

Combat Casey

August 1944, Combat Casey and Penny Pennington are a part of the Transportation Corps clashing with Nazi forces along the Cherbourg Peninsula in order to move supplies to the allied lines. After the fight is over they are assigned to transport supplies. They fight over more Nazi forces.

However the advance of these supplies reach Adolf Hitler who is angry that the Allies are managing to get their supplies forward, and comes up with a plan to deal with it. Later, as Combat and Penny advance along their route, their trucks are diverted by what appears to be an American soldier. When their truck hits the stop Combat realizes that the man is really a Nazi spy.

Combat and Penny kill the Nazi and speed forward to the head of the convoy and write a warning on the back of their truck that they are heading into a Nazi trap. They put on the speed and end up plowing through the road stop, running down all the enemy soldiers and continuing the rest of the way to the end of their mission.