We're being hunted down... by our own tank! 
G.I. Combat #210 is an issue of the series G.I. Combat (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 1978.
Synopsis for Haunted Tank: "Tankers Also Bleed!"
Lt. Jeb Stuart and the Haunted Tank are ordered to head for a railroad tunnel twenty miles east of headquarters, where later Generals Patton and Eisenhower will be meeting on a train inside the tunnel to discuss battle strategy after the Normandy breakthrough. They are to guard the tunnel, while Sgt. Rock's Easy Company makes a diversionary attack west of the tunnel to keep the enemy occupied. As the tank clatters towards its destination, the ghost of General J.E.B. Stuart appears, looking worried. However, before the ghost can speak, the Haunted Tank is attacked by shells from an enemy ** gun. Jeb orders Slim to turn towards a nearby farmhouse where the fire seems to be coming from. Rick fires the cannon, which rips through the farmhouse and exposes the Germans' position. Slim slams down the pedal, and the Haunted Tank barrels through the position, destroying the cannon and killing the enemy in the collapse. The General disapproves of their tactics. He tells them that the other ghostly guardians, Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun, Ghengis Khan, Napoleon, have been moking him. They say that his soldiers sit safely in their box, hiding from the enemy. Jeb tries to explain to the General that wars are different now, but the General tells him the story of his attack at Mill Run River where he led his men in a charge against the cannons. They succeeded that day, men against men, not against machines. The General now believes that Jeb and his crew are not real soldiers, and refuses to be their guardian any longer, riding away back to the ghostly beyond. Jeb is upset, but they still have a job to do.
Along the way to the tunnel, the tank comes across a herd of wild stallions running across the meadow. They race the tank for a bit, but then the Haunted Tank turns and moves on its way. They finally reach the railroad tracks, and begin to follow them towards the tunnel. A roadblock has been put up by the Germans over the tracks, so the Haunted Tank slams through it to clear the way. Just then, a group of French resistance storm out of the woods to attack. They stop when they see that it's the Haunted Tank, and explain that it was they who built the roadblock to stop General Eisenhower's train because of Germans in the area. Jeb orders the others to get out of the tank and help rebuild the roadblock. As they are working, they are surprised when suddenly the Haunted Tank comes to life and begins to attack them! The French Resistance members are all killed in the fire. Jeb can see that Germans have captured their tank while they had their backs turned, and the four drop to the ground in the firefight. Satisfied that everyone is dead, the Germans stop firing and drive the Haunted Tank away into the distance. As Jeb and his men start to get up from playing dead, the herd of wild horses have reached the tracks and are grazing out in the nearby field. Jeb gets an idea. They have to stop their tank from attacking General Eisenhower's train, so they'll improvise and use what the resources they have. The four collect all the weapons they can from the dead, then slowly approach the stallions.
Now mounted on their new steeds, the four men ride the horses as fast as they can until they finally find the Haunted Tank. They charge and attack! Jeb brings his horse alongside the tank and jumps aboard. They bare able to subdue the Germans and retake their tank. Jeb wishes that the General could have seen their cavalry charge. He did, and as the ghost of General Stuart appears before them, he admits that it was the most incredible show of courage he had ever seen. They are true soldiers, and he is proud of every one of them.
Appearing in Haunted Tank: "Tankers Also Bleed!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- German Artillery soldiers
- German Infantry soldiers
Other Characters:
- American Artillery Captain "Skipper"
- General Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (Mentioned only)
- General George S. Patton (Mentioned only)
- Easy Company
- French Resistance fighters (All die)
- Alexander the Great (As a ghost)
- Attila the Hun (As a ghost)
- Ghengis Khan (As a ghost)
- General Napoleon Bonaparte (As a ghost)
- Union Artillery soldiers (Flashback only)
- Confederate Cavalry soldiers (Flashback only)
Locations:
Items:
- German 88 mm anti-aircraft gun
- Wild horses
Vehicles:
Synopsis for O.S.S.: "Hurdle to Hell"
While Hitler watches as his athletic "supermen" are defeated by the American Jesse Owens during the 1936 Summer Olympics, two other athletes compete beyond the stadium in the Equestrian trials. Ernst Brunn, a fierce opponent and Nazi, defeats American Hal Whitney in a grueling steeplechase. Whitney is thrown from his horse, allowing Brunn to win the race. Brunn gloats over his win and, as a collector of fine boots, admires his opponent's bronze leather ones. The two make a bet, that whoever win during the competition at the next Olympics will get the boots.
In the intervening years, war breaks out, and Ernst Brunn becomes a high ranking Major in the Nazi Army who leads with fear and blood. He orders the death of Italian resistance members by hanging with no mercy, even so much as hanging the already dead bodies as an example to others who wish to resist. In London at O.S.S. Headquarters, word of Brunn's reign of terror has reaches the ears of Control, and he has assigned one of his best agents, Lt. Hal Whitney, to deal with the Major. Control has a plan, but it will involve Whitney being captured while wearing a certain pair of boots...
Five days later, at Brunn's headquarters in occupied Italy, Lt. Whitney is brought before Major Brunn as his prisoner. Brunn is no fool, and he knows that Whitney has been sent by the O.S.S. to kill him. He orders Whitney to take off the boots he is wearing. The lieutenant does so, but Brunn becomes suspicious when he seems too eager to hand over the boots. He suspects the heels to be booby-trapped, and orders Whitney to twist the right heel. Nothing happens. He then orders him to twist the left heel. Again, nothing happens. Satisfied that the boots are safe, Major Brunn takes them from Whitney and begins to put them on. He then tells Whitney that he will not kill him there, but will challenge him to a final steeplechase first. With his S.S. guards following in a personnel carrier not far behind, Major Brunn and Lt. Whitney compete in their deadly race across the countryside. Brunn comes up to a wall, and his horse leaps it with no problem. But on the landing, Brunn is thrown from his horse and lands to the ground. As Whitney races past, he tells Brunn that the boots are indeed booby-trapped, not in the heels but in the boot straps! The Boots explode, killing Major Brunn. Whitney races his horse faster, leaping over the S.S. carrier and off into the woods for freedom, having completed his mission.
Appearing in O.S.S.: "Hurdle to Hell"
Featured Characters:
- Lt. Hal Whitney
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Adolf Hitler
- Major Ernst Brunn (Dies)
- Nazi S.S. soldiers
- German Infantry soldiers
Other Characters:
- Jesse Owens
- Olympic athletes
- Italian Partisans (All die)
Locations:
Items:
- Riding boots
- Horses
Vehicles:
- German 1939 Horch Type 930 staff car
Synopsis for "Fire in the Hole!"
The U.S. fleet strikes at a Japanese-held island in the South Pacific, and carrier-based planes swarm the skies above them. On the water, two bothers, Bill and Eddie, prepare to enter the battle. Both have been through three previous invasions. Eddie, the oldest brother, is on the speedboat with the rest of his frogmen team on a mission to blow the enemy's underwater obstacles so that the LCIs, when his younger brother Eddie is, can make it ashore. He remembers back before he boarded to boat, when Eddie confessed that he was scared they would never make it out of this battle alive. The frogmen team begin to board their inflatable raft, but then a shell hits their speedboat, sending the men hurling through the air and into the water.
When Bill surfaces, he realizes that he's the only one to survive, and now it's up to him alone to get the job done. He dives into the deep, and swims until he can see the huge metal underwater girders covered in barbed wire that obstruct the way. As he begins to place the explosives, a bullet from an enemy machine gun rips through the water and hits him in the shoulder. He's bleeding, but continues his job. He can see the LCI's approaching his position. He quickly surfaces, and begins to scream for them to stop. Eddie spots his brother in the water, and jumps in to help him. Bill tells Eddie that no one will be able to get ashore in the obstacles are blown, and that it's up to Eddie to set the charges. Eddie grabs the explosives and divers under the water. After a few moments, he resurfaces, and the two clear out. A great underwater explosion happens in sequence, destroying the obstacles and clearing the way for the invasion to proceed. The LCIs make it to shore, and the Marines begin their assault. As Bill's wounds are being attended to, he sees his brother Eddie rushing off and stops him. Bill asks him where he thinks he's going. Bill takes his hand. "To fight a war, big brother! That's why I'm here, isn't it?"
Appearing in "Fire in the Hole!"
Featured Characters:
- Bill, a Naval frogman
- Eddie, a Marine
Antagonists:
- Japanese Naval seamen
- Japanese Infantry soldiers
Other Characters:
- American Naval frogmen
- American Marines
Locations:
- Unnamed island, Pacific Ocean
Items:
- Underwater explosives
Vehicles:
- American battlecruiser
- American LCI speedboat
- American Douglas SBD Dauntless naval plane
Synopsis for Haunted Tank: "Iron Cross-- Double Cross!
At headquarters behind the American lines, Tank Squadron Commander Major Larry Skipton smugly looks over his maps He is certain his artillery and tanks will be able to smash through the enemy lines and open up the sector near Calais before General Patton does, therefore showing him who the better artillery officer is. He gives Lt. Jeb Stuart and his Haunted Tank the honor of spearheading the attack. Jeb and his men, along with three other tanks in his squad, roll out to begin their mission.
The squad comes across a group of destroyed German tanks, still smoking from their encounter. It's like a graveyard. The ghost of General J.E.B. Stuart appears before the Haunted Tank, and warns Jeb that "In mere seconds, this graveyard will come to life"! Then, one of the corpses thought to be dead shouts a signal, and all the German tanks come to life, and begin to fire onto the surprised American squad. Jeb orders his tanks to take evasive action, but it is too late. The illusion worked, and three of the four American tanks are destroyed, leaving only the Haunted Tank left to continue the attack. Jeb and his crew are able to dodge the enemy fire and return it in force, destroying the three Panzer tanks before they can get a clean shot at them. Jeb knows that all the ruckus from the fight will have alerted every Panzer tank in the area, so he orders Rick to fire a smoke shell to cover their escape just as enemy reinforcements arrive. Jeb radios back to base his report, and the Haunted Tank turns around to return.
Later that evening, Major Skipton is reprimanded by General Patton for his foolhardy attempt to outdo him. He tells Skipton that you win wars by killing the enemy, not your own men, and then kicks him out while he decides what to do with him. Jeb and Slim watch as Major Skipton walks by, and are glad to be rid of him. Major Skipton heads to a small club in the nearest town, where he meets up with his French blonde girl named Ilse. He is frustrated, and believes that he should be awarded for his ingenuity instead of humiliated by Patton. Ilse tells him to forget the war, and the two kiss. Meanwhile, back at base, a car pulls up next to Patton's jeep just as the General was about to leave. To Patton's surprise, it's the head of O.S.S. himself, the man only known as "Control", who informs him that a plot to assassinate Hitler using a bomb has failed, and that now word has reached him that one of Germany's most secret projects, an invulnerable rocket code-named "Inferno", is ready and being prepared to be fired at London!
The next morning, Major Skipton approaches Patton to plead with him not to return him tot he states, but give him another chance. Soon after Skipton walks up to the Haunted Tank and informs Jeb that he himself will be leading the next patrol. Skipton climbs atop the Haunted Tank and tanks command. Jeb and the others don't approve and think the Major is glory-mad, but orders are orders and follow his command. As the Haunted Tank speeds down the road towards its patrol, Patton and Control watch them leave from inside Control's parked car. The Haunted Tank clanks down the road for miles, probing for enemy positions and installations. Then, they approach a bridge crossing a river. Jeb thinks the bridge is too exposed, but Skipton pulls rank and orders him to cross it. As soon as they begin across, a German Messerschmitt appears from out of the sky and attacks. Jeb orders Slim to get them off the bridge, while Rick swivels the turret around to take a shot at the plane. He fires, hitting the plane and sending it smashing into the side of the bridge in a blaze of fire and smoke. Jeb is worried that the pilot may have radioed their position back, but Skipton orders the Haunted Tank to continue. For hours, the Haunted Tank moves deeper into enemy territory. While on a road going through a dense wooded area, two Tiger tanks appear out from hiding, ready to attack. Jeb orders his crew to attack, but Major Skipton countermands the order and tells them to surrender. Jeb refuses, but Skipton cracks him over the head with his pistol knocking him unconscious. The Major then presents the tank to the German Commander and his secret agent, Fraulein Ilse, who hopes to deliver both the Major and his tank to Reichsmarshal Goering himself.
At the Germans' top-secret rocket base, both Goering and Hitler are there waiting for their new prize to be delivered. Their top spy, Fraulein Ilse arrives with the other tanks, and presents Major Skipton and the Haunted Tank to them as American defectors. Hitler wishes to reward them all for their bravery, as the five men are paraded in front of him he begins to place a medal around each of the men's necks. He places one on Lt. Stuart, but Jeb just snaps it off and throws it back to him. Hitler is infuriated, and orders his men to kill the man. Major Skipton distracts the Germans by ripping off his own silver leaves from his lapels and throwing them to the ground, then he pulls out a pistol and shoots the nearest German soldier. Jeb and his men rush towards the Haunted Tank and cover, while Fraulein Ilse rushes to protect her Fuhrer. The Major's insignia had been fixed with explosives by O.S.S. Control, and they detonate taking out the entire area in the blast! Jeb, Rick, Slim, and Gus react he Haunted Tank and take off, pursued by two Panzers. Jeb gets an idea, and orders Slim to drive the tank right into the support structure for the German's rocket. They smash through, and the rocket tumbles down on top of the two Panzers and explodes, destroying everything in the rocket base. However, Hitler and Goering manage to get away without injury. Jeb explains to the others that the Major faked the pistol-whipping and explained his plans to him. Major Skipton has made up for the lives he needlessly sacrificed, and will get a postumous Silver Star for his self-sacrifice.
Appearing in Haunted Tank: "Iron Cross-- Double Cross!
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- German Artillery soldier
- German pilots
- German Infantry soldiers
- Fraulein Ilse
- Adolf Hitler
- Reichsmarschall Hermann Wilhelm Göring
Other Characters:
- Major Larry Skipton (Dies)
- Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S)
- General George S. Patton
- American Artillery soldiers
Locations:
Items:
- German "Inferno" rocket (Destroyed)
- American Officer's "Major" insignia
Vehicles:
- The Haunted Tank
- American M4 Sherman tanks
- German Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B
- American P-51 Mustang fighter plane
- American staff car
- German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter plane
Synopsis for "Sgt. Burke, I Hate Your Guts!"
Private Matt Higgins has a problem. He hates his squad leader, Sergeant Gus Burke! The fued between Higgins and Burke was fiercer in training than the war they would soon be in the middle of. The two get into an argument that nearly turns into a fistfight during trench digging duty, but when their superior officer, Major Mulhall, comes by, they clam up and act like nothing is wrong.
After a troopship crossing of the Pacific, the two men continued their fued even in the heat of battle. They both are part of the Battle of Tarawa. The battalion storm the beach, and the Marines find themselves pinned down under Japanese fire. Higgins is forces to dig in to avoid enemy fire, but then the enemy turns its attention away from him giving him the chance to advance further up the beach. He takes a grenade and throws it at the nearest nest, killing the Japanese inside. More Japanese rush his position and he jumps up and bayonets one soldier before he's able to attack. Then, Higgins realizes that he's just saved Sergeant Burke's life! For a brief second they stare at one another, before shouting insults at one another again.
Later, after the fighting has stopped and the beach is taken, Major Mulhall tells Higgins that Burke has told him about his bravery, and the Major plans on putting the Private in for a citation. Higgins and Burke meet up face to face, and Higgins punches Burke in the jaw. Then, Burke smiles and asks Higgins to help him up. Higgins gives him his hand, having let out all his frustrations with one punch, and helps the man back to his feet. As they walk away arm in arm as friends, the rest of the Marines can't believe what they're seeing!
Appearing in "Sgt. Burke, I Hate Your Guts!"
Featured Characters:
- Sgt. Gus Burke
- Pvt. Matt Higgins
Antagonists:
- Japanese Infantry soldiers
Other Characters:
- Major Mulhall
- American Marines soldiers
Locations:
- Unnamed island, Pacific Ocean
Items:
- M1 grenade
Vehicles:
- American Willys MB U.S. Army Jeep
- American battlecruiser
Synopsis for "An Easy Way to Die"
Sergeant Warren is prepared to die. Standing with a new recruit, separated from his unit and surrounded by Germans, he tells the young private that he's not afraid to die because there's nothing you can do to stop it so you might as well accept it. The Private is still scared, and wants to know how you'll know when there a bullet with your name on it. The Sergeant just tells him that you don't, but there's no use worrying about it. The Private refuses to accept that. He's an optimist, not a fatalist, and he wants to keep living.
The two try to get back to their squad by quietly moving through a village. They enter a clearing, the town square, and the Sergeant moves up to scout around first. As the Sergeant enters the square, German soldiers hidden in the buildings begin to fire on him. He drops to the ground. The Private rushes up and throws a grenade at the Germans' position, killing the enemy. The Private rushes out into the open towards the Sergeant, not realizing that one of the Germans has survived. The Private is shot down by the German, and the Sergeant turns to kill the remaining enemy. The Sergeant gets uy to stand over the Private's lifeless body. He just couldn't wait to die the easy way, he had to take the hard way. As the Sergeant heads back towards his lines, he begins to wonder if maybe he was wrong and he's not going to die. If that's so, it'll sure screw up his way of thinking through the rest of the lousy war!
Appearing in "An Easy Way to Die"
Featured Characters:
- Sgt. Warren
Antagonists:
- German Infantry soldiers
Other Characters:
- American Infantry Private (Dies)
Locations:
Synopsis for Women at War: "A Bullet For a Beauty!"
On May 31, 1941, the British fleet are attempting to evacuate the Greek island of Crete after the German Airborne troops occupy and take the island. On the ramparts of a medieval fort in Heraklion Harbor, a German Commandant watches the slaughter of the British fleet along with his captive, a woman named Arete. He laughs, then turns to tell Arete that she will suffer before an execution squad for her attempts to help in the evacuation.
Arete's mind drifts into the past, to a simpler time when she was with her boyfriend Alexias training to be the first girl to compete in the decathlon at the Olympics. He explains to her the difficulties of the track and the hardships she must endure to be the best. She trips on a rock, and he helps her up, telling her that maybe she isn't cut out for the Olympics. They kiss, but their moment of passion is interrupted by the arrival of a squadron of German planes overhead. The next day, the German tanks have arrived on Crete. When one begins to pass on the road in front of their farm, Alexias rushes out and attacks. He throws a sick of lit dynamite at the tank, but is shot before it can do any damage. Arete runs out to help her boyfriend, but it is too late. She picks up the dynamite and throws it at the tank, destroying it. She tries to get away, but is captured by a squad of German soldiers in a halftrack.
Her mind now returned to the present, the German Commandant laughs as he tells Arete that she will soon drown in her own blood just like the British and Greek are drowning in the harbor. Arete then flings herself over the rampart to dive into the waters below. When she surfaces, she finds herself surrounded by floating bodies, and oil that has spilled from the wrecked ships into the water. She pulls a grenade from one of the nearby bodies and throws it. It explodes and ignites the oil on top of the water. Instantly, the sea is turned into a vast flaming smoke-screen, enabling the British ships to slip by and escape from the Germans. The Commandant is furious that a girl has won her race against them! Later, she is fished out from the water by one of the escaping British ships. She hopes that one day she'll be able to compete in the Olympics, and win a medal not for herself, but Alexias as well.
Appearing in Women at War: "A Bullet For a Beauty!"
Featured Characters:
- Arete
Antagonists:
- German Commandant officer
- German Airborne soldiers
- German Artillery soldiers
Other Characters:
- Alexias (Dies)
- British Naval seamen
Locations:
Items:
- TNT dynamite sticks
- Oil drums
Vehicles:
- British battlecruisers
- German Heinkel He 111 bomber plane
- German Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B
- German Sonderkraftfahrzeug 251 half-track
Synopsis for Haunted Tank: "The 3rd Flag"
The Haunted Tank is in a heated battle with a German Grille tank in the middle of a French village. The ghost of General J.E.B. Stuart lumbers over the area, grinning and watching his descendant and his crew as they try to stay alive. Lt. Jeb Stuart is furious at the General and wants to know what he finds so funny in their predicament. The General just laughs, and tells Jeb that, while they now fight under two flags - the Union and the Confederate, bu the end of their mission they'll be riding under a third that they'd never expect. Jeb ignores the General, and orders Rick to open fire before the enemy can reload. The Germans fire, but not before Rick is able to get a shot off that rips right through the enemy tank destroying it.
Many miles away, in Paris, the German flag looms over the occupied city. All around the city, the French Underground fight the Germans in an attempt to cause havoc and retake their city. Meanwhile, at an urgent meeting in Allied Headquarters, Three top ranking officers, General Eisenhower, General Patton, and Field Marshal Montgomery, discuss boosting the French moral by allowing the French 1st Armored to enter Paris ahead of the Allied troops. Not long after, back at the American Artillery HQ, the crew of the Haunted Tank watch as a squad of French tanks manned by the French Underground enter the base. The captain tells the crew that the resistance fighters are inexperienced, and he's sending the Haunted Tank to escort them to meet up with French General LeClerc's Armored column heading towards Paris. Then the Haunted Tank is to turn around and head back, and are under orders not to enter Paris. The four are disappointed, but head out with the two French tanks following them.
Not long after hitting the trail, the Haunted Tank and its French squad are attacked by a German Messerschmitt. Jeb orders the two French tanks to split and let them handle the enemy, but the leader refuses to run and the two tanks open fire. The plane's hit and is sent spiraling down in flames towards the Haunted Tank. Slim hits the pedal hard left. The flaming plane just misses the Haunted Tank, and crashes into one of the French tanks behind it. Jeb leaps out to help the crew, and is surprised to find the person commanding the tank is Mademoiselle Marie! She refuses to leave the tank without first taking down the flag from its antenna, one that bares the Cross of Lorraine. She manages to take it down and run just before the tank explodes. Then, climbing atop the last remaining French tank, she ties the flag high on its antenna and the two tanks take off again into the countryside.
An hour later, they reach the checkpoint where Marie and her tank is to link up with LeClerc's 1st Armored Division. It is a train depot, heavily bombed and on fire. The two tanks follow the tracks, but run into an anti-tank barrier and are shelled by the gun emplacements hidden behind it. Jeb orders the two tanks to fall back before they're destroyed, but just then a squadron of B-17 bombers appear in the sky and begin to bomb the gun targets and the barrier. The two tanks start to move forward, but find it difficult to roll over the debris and dodge the gun fire around them. Then, Marie's tank is hit. Jeb jumps out to see if he can help, but finds Marie is the only survivor. She is clutching the flag, and Jeb ushers her onto the Haunted Tank just as Slim begins to move her back out of harms way. Marie knows that LeClerc's tanks will never be able to breech the barrier and get to Paris as it is, but Jeb has an idea. They return to the train depot. There, they find and undamaged freight train with flat cars sitting on the tracks, and Jeb orders Slim to move the Haunted Tank aboard one of the flatcars. Once in place, Marie climbs into the train's engine and starts the train up and moving down the tracks towards the German's position. The German soldiers see the train approaching them fast, and open fire. Their attempts to stop it are no good, and Marie steers the train right through the barriers, smashing a great hole through the defenses. The Haunted Tank opens fire, destroying the German cannons alongside the tracks. With the last German gun silenced, Marie brings the train to a halt. Jeb tells Marie that this is as far as they can go, but Marie won't have it. The crew of the Haunted Tank have become just as much part of the resistance as she is, and she wants them alongside when they enter the city.
later, as the Germans flee the city and LeClerc and his Armored Division enter to pass under the Arc de Triomphe, The Haunted Tank sits right on the edge of the city limits watching through binoculars. They never disobeyed their orders, and never entered the city. Jeb tells his men that the General was right. Today, they did fight under three flags. Of course, the others have no idea what he's talking about!
Appearing in Haunted Tank: "The 3rd Flag"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- German Artillery soldiers
- German Infantry soldiers
Other Characters:
- French Underground resistance
- American Artillery captain
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower
- George S. Patton
- Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery
- General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
- Mademoiselle Marie
Locations:
Items:
- "Cross of Lorraine" flag
Vehicles:
- The Haunted Tank
- German Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) "Grille" artillery vehicle
- French Renault AMC 35 medium tank
- German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter plane
- German supply train
Notes
- On the inside front cover is a 1-page "All About Tanks" entry for the "SPG" Self-Propelled Gun. The examples includes are the "Archer", a British Anti-tank gun fitted with an Ordnance QF 17 pounder gun on a tank chassis; the Sturmgeschütz III or "Stug III" assault gun, a fully tracked German armored fighting vehicle; and the "Semovente", an Italian self-propelled gun built by mounting the 75 mm mountain gun on the chassis of a tank. Written and drawn by Sam Glanzman.
- Between stories three and four is a 1-page "Famous Fighting Outfits: The IX Tactical Air Command", a history of a formation of the Army Air Forces that fought in the European Theater of World War II. Formed in the United Kingdom during 1943, its primary role was to provide close air support for the U.S. First Army. Its missions included interdicting transportation, disrupting communications and destroying warehouses and supply dumps in occupied France and the Low Countries in preparation for the Normandy Invasion. Afterward, it supported the First Army through Remagen and the Allied Invasion of Germany, to be inactivated in late 1945. Written by Murray Boltinoff.
- In this month's "Let's Make Tracks" Letter column, editor Murray Boltinoff explains about the use of the "Tommy Gun" seen in the different Haunted Tank stories and its history. Invented by General John T. Thompson during World War 1 and introduced tot he military in 1921, the Thompson Submachine gun was a flop until it saw use by Chicago gangsters in 1925. It remained unpopular even after its inventor dies, but was brought back into mass production in 1940 when World War 2 broke out and was extensively used by Allied forces throughput the war with over 1.5 million produced.
- On the inside back cover, there is the 1-page tutorial "Hand Signals", written and drawn by Dick Ayers. It demonstrates the various hand signals the Infantry used during combat, such as "Double Time" or "Rush", "Halt", "Down" or "Take Cover", "Action", "Assault Fire", "Cease Fire", and finally "Out of Action" to signal the dead.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- World War II Recommended Reading
- Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 1)
- Adventures in the Rifle Brigade (Volume 2)
- All-American Men of War (Volume 1)
- All-Out War (Volume 1)
- Blackhawk (Volume 1)
- Blitzkrieg (Volume 1)
- Capt. Storm (Volume 1)
- Four-Star Battle Tales (Volume 1)
- G.I. Combat (Volume 1)
- Men of War (Volume 1)
- Military Comics (Volume 1)
- Our Army at War (Volume 1)
- Our Fighting Forces (Volume 1)
- Sgt. Rock (Volume 1)
- Sgt. Rock (Volume 2)
- Star-Spangled War Stories (Volume 1)
- Unknown Soldier (Volume 1)
- Weird War Tales (Volume 1)