Talk:Haunted Tank

Tank type

I thought the Haunted Tank was a Stuart, not a Sherman. Take a closer look at the tank on the cover of that comic and compare it to these pictures:

http://www.eventplan.co.uk/photopages/WWII%20%20multi-period.htm http://www.yatego.com/gamepoint/p,4309ccce12de0,4238288c30b217_1,1-6-wwii-r-c-m5-stuart-tank-green-version- http://www.tenthmountain.org/images/Pictures/M5A1%20Stuart%20tank%201995.BMP http://www.sa-transport.co.za/military/army/gen_stuart_tank_hammersdale_2_jy.JPG

You are absolutely right - the tank was of course named after J.E.B. Stuart! Corrected. Mokwella 15:34, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

The following paragraph is a lightly edited copy of this entry from Don Markstein's Toonopedia:

In the comic, the ghost of General Stuart didn't initially care for his assignment at first, but became reconciled to it when the tank commander, Sergeant Jeb Stuart, honored him by placing a flag of the Confederacy on the tank. Jeb was the only one who could see or hear J.E.B. His crew thought he was crazy, but continued to follow his leadership as he had solid tactical expertise (brought about through his consultation with the confederate spirit) and rarely failed in his missions or lost crewmembers on duty.

Here's the same graf from Toonopedia:

The long-deceased Confederate general had been sent by the spirit of Alexander the Great to guard over the living sergeant, who commanded a tank in North Africa during World War II. J.E.B. didn't care much for the assignment at first, but became reconciled to it when Jeb honored him by fighting under the flag of the Confederacy rather than that of the Union. Jeb was the only one who could see or hear J.E.B., but (unlike most sole contacts of spirits in fiction of all types) made no secret of the fact. His crew thought he was nuts, but went along with the gag because as crazy as he seemed to be, he did know what he was doing (or at least had good advice) when it came to fighting the enemy.

Lame.

Tank Losses

Considering the word tank is in the comic's title, there should be more details on various losses -of- the tanks. For example, the crew lost one in Unknown Soldier #250 (IIRC) in a disastorous attempt to kill...well, it wasn't quite clear to me. Lots42 (talk) 13:15, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Jen Stuart

Didn't the article previously mention Jen's two middle names? She is also an officer with J.E.B. for initials. Somebody should restore her middle monikers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.40.136.79 (talk) 22:46, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Jeb's father.

G.I.Combat #136 details how Jeb's father died in World War 1 at his post because he would rather die then surrender. This should be noted in the article but I'm not quite sure how to enter it in. Lots42 (talk) 23:33, 8 April 2014 (UTC)