Comic Title: G.I. Combat #119
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1966
On Sale Date: June 14, 1966 Newsstand Date June 14, 1966
Source: Direct Currents, Batman #183, Page 7

Copyright Date June 14, 1966
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1966

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Circulation: 320749
Editor: Robert Kanigher

Title: "Target for a Firing Squad"
Pages: 18

Feature(s):
Haunted Tank (of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Irving H. Novick

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents:Haunted Tank Vol. 1 TPB (2006)

Feature Character(s)

• Haunted Tank (last appearance in G.I. Combat #118; next appearance in Our Army at War #172)
• Jeb Stuart (last appearance in G.I. Combat #118; next appearance in Our Army at War #172)

Supporting Character(s)

• General J.E.B. Stuart (last appearance in G.I. Combat #118; next appearance in G.I. Combat #120)
• Rick Rawlins (last appearance in G.I. Combat #118; next appearance in G.I. Combat #120)
• Arch Asher (last appearance in G.I. Combat #118; next appearance in G.I. Combat #120)
• Slim Stryker (last appearance in G.I. Combat #118; next appearance in G.I. Combat #120)

Villain(s)

• Various Nazi soldiers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• An american deserter (dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Jeb Stuart and his crew encounter an american deserter who is headed toward a firing squad. Before the execution, a Naxi plane crashes nearby. The deserter is able to escape in the confusion. He grabs a gun and takes Jeb hostage inside the Haunted Tank.

The soldier was an infantryman that had been traumatized by the danger he had faced. He thinks that Stuart and his crew have it easy riding around inside the armored tank. When the tank sees action though, he soon learns that they are in danger too. Jeb even helps the man instead of trying to escape.

When Jeb and his crew are then trapped in a building, a grenade comes through the window. Slim dives on the grenade and smothers it to save his buddies. The deserter learns courage from these men and sacrifices himself to destroy a Nazi tank that threatens them.