Ack-Ack

From that day on, Lieutenant Andrew Allison Haldane was affectionately referred to as Ack-Ack by every Marine in his command.

Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005

From that day on, Lieutenant Andrew Allison Haldane was affectionately referred to as Ack-Ack by every Marine in his command.

Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005

The standouts being: 'Feelings of the Flesh' by Douglas Elliot Cohen (a unique story with creature who can steal a person's senses), 'Ack-Ack Macaque' by Gareth Lyn Powell (about an underground comic character that becomes very powerful), and 'The Algorithm' by Tim Akers (a clockpunk story where God is of the machine, the best of the issue).

Reviews: Interzone Issues 210, 211 and 212 2007

His novella The Last Reef appeared in Interzone #202, and a short story - with the intriguing title Ack-Ack Macaque - will appear in a forthcoming issue.

Gareth Lyn Powell Interview | SciFi UK Review 2006

“Your orders are to work eight hours a day guarding a supply dump at the Navy depot,” Ack-Ack said.

Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005

Less than half an hour earlier, Miller had come ashore in the same amtrack with Captain Ack-Ack Haldane and most of the rest of the K/3/5 headquarters platoon.

Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005

The recently appointed company commander of K/3/5 was now-Captain Ack-Ack Haldane, who was in the thick of the hand-to-hand struggle.

Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005

“He was more than just a CO; he was a real friend,” said Sergeant Dick Higgins, a personal aide to Haldane whose brother had played football with Ack-Ack back in Maine.

Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005

More than 5,600 division personnel were hospitalized with malaria—Ack-Ack Haldane among them—and scores of others were felled by dysentery, heat exhaustion, and battle fatigue.

Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005

Among their victims was Captain Andy “Ack-Ack” Haldane above right, popular commander of K/3/5, killed by a sniper as he peered over a ridge two days before his company was withdrawn from action.

Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005