"His Mother's Son," writer unknown. Charlton. Cover date March 1970.
Story synopsis: A general's "mama's boy" son redeems himself in the mountains of the Korean War.
Story's original art is complete except for a panoramic battle scene cut from the penultimate page at some point before I picked up the pages.
War comics often used flashbacks to show the protagonist's life before the war and the character flaw that he overcomes on the front lines.
Argentine artist Gustavo Trigo did romance and war stories for Charlton with cover dates between 1967 and 1973. He was in Italy by 1979 to escape the military junta conditions in his home country. The rest of his career was in Italian comics.
I want to thank CAF member Miki Annamanthadoo for the following links about Trigo:
Spanish language
description of Trigo's career and his Grand Comics Database
credits.
Historical note: The story places the protoganist in the First Marine Division led by General Oliver P. Smith. Unlike MacArthur, General Smith did not dismiss reports of Chinese soldiers hiding in the surrounding mountainous terrain after crossing the Yalu River.
Smith cautiously approached the North Korean border, despite General MacArthur's orders to advance rapidly. He also prudently stockpiled supplies at strategic points along the route. When the Chinese attacked, his division was able to break out and conduct a fighting, albeit bloody, retreat to the port of Hungnam where they had landed for evacuation.
The story paraphrases General Smith's words, "Retreat, hell! We’re not retreating, we’re just advancing in a different direction.”
The division’s counterparts to the east were not so fortunate. They had advanced quickly and were decimated by Chinese forces.
