Comic Title: Sgt. Rock Archives Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2002
On Sale Date: April 24, 2002 Direct Market Date April 24, 2002
Source: Previews, Vol. 11 #10 (#154)

Direct Market Date April 24, 2002
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, April 24, 2002

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 240
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Three Stripes Hill"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Joe Kubert

Reprinted From:
Our Army at War #90 (1960)

Feature Character(s)

• Sgt. Rock (last appearance in Our Army at War #89; next appearance in Our Army at War #91)

Supporting Character(s)

• Easy Company (Nick Barton named; last appearance in Our Army at War #89; next appearance in Our Army at War #91)

Villain(s)

• Various German troops (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Sgt. Rock (last appearance in Showcase #45; next appearance in Our Army at War #120)
• Easy Company (last appearance in Showcase #45; next appearance in Our Army at War #120)

Comments:
This story reveals how Rock got promoted from Private to Sergeant.

Synopsis:
Sgt. Rock recalls his days as a private in Easy Company. Rock was part of a team that included a Private First Class, a Corporal, and a Sergeant. Each man covered for one another and joked that the only way to get promoted was for the man in front of him to be killed.

Rock's unit is ordered to hold Baldy Hill from the German army. A plane takes out the Private First Class, earning Rock an instant promotion. Next a grenadier kills the corporal. Finally, the Sergeant dies taking out an enemy tank. Rock holds the hill by himself until the rest of Easy Company can arrive. Rock is promoted to Sergeant, but it cost him the lives of his team.