Jeb Stuart

General James Ewell Brown (JEB) Syyuart became famous during the battle of the Bull Run. He was placed in command of the Cavalry under General Robert E. Lee but was fatally wounded in 1864 at Yellow Tavern, Virginia, during the battle of Richmond.

Shortly after America became involved in World War 2, the spirit of Alexander the Great assigned the ghost of General Stuart to act as guardian to the Stuart M3 tank commanded by the general's namesake, Sgt. Jeb Stuart ,

Only Sgt. Stuart, who was later promoted to Leuitenant, and people who are dying can see and hear the general's ghost. Lt. Stuart's crew thinks that he merely imagines the ghost and is partly crazy, but they have complete faith in his combat skills. The general's ghost is allowed to counsel his namessake, but can only give him warnings in cryptic ways. Lt. Stuart has lost various tanks in battle, and most recently has been in command of a Sherman.

His crew consisted of Private Rick Rawlings, the gunner; Corporal Slim Stryker, the driver; and Corporal Arch Asher, the loader. Asher was killed inside a German tank that caught fire and exploded. He was replaced by Corporal Gus Gray, a black olympic athlete. Stryker, while temporarily acting as gunner was replaced as driver by Sgt. Bill Craig, who had served for 30 years in the army, first with the horse cavalry and then in a tank in WW1. The Haunted Tank then took on its fourth crew member, Eddie Craig, who is Bill's son. Eddie became the new loader, allowing Gus to become the Tank's second gunner. Apart from Stuart himself, the only surviving member of the original crew is Rick Rawlings. It is not known whether they survived World War 2. 

The Haunted Tank (Vertigo)