Comic Title: Our Army at War #173
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1966
On Sale Date: September 1, 1966 Newsstand Date September 1, 1966
Source: House Ad, Star Spangled War Stories #129, Page 30

Copyright Date September 1, 1966
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1966

Frequency: Monthly; (semi-monthly, Feb.)
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Robert Kanigher

Title: "Easy's Hardest Battle"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Sgt. Rock (of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Joe Kubert

Reprinted From:
Our Army at War #99 (1960)

Feature Character(s)

• Sgt. Rock (last appearance in Our Army at War #98; next appearance in Our Army at War #100)

Supporting Character(s)

• Easy Company (Vic Lester named; last appearance in Our Army at War #98; next appearance in Our Army at War #100)

Villain(s)

• A squad of German tanks (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Members of Baker Co., Charlie Co., Dog Co., and Fox Co. (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Sgt. Rock (last appearance in Our Army at War #193; next appearance in Our Army at War #109)
• Easy Company (last appearance in Our Army at War #193; next appearance in Our Army at War #109)

Synopsis:
Sgt. Rock leads Easy Company to the front. As they dig in, the soldiers ask him what was Easy's hardest battle. Rock tells them about an attack in North Africa against a unit of tiger tanks.

Suddenly, Easy sees another squad of tanks bearing down on their position. Despite their willingness to fight, Easy is ordered to retreat. Rock forces the men to obey orders. Then after retreating, Easy receives orders to attack. Rock and Easy take out the tanks. After the battle Rock realizes that this was Easy's hardest battle because they were ordered to fall back.