Lieutenant Bill Johnston had real trouble on his hands – in the shape of a know-it-all Yank out on patrol with Bill’s tough, desert‑wise LRDG men, who just didn’t take to big heads. And the American, Lieutenant Schnabel, thought he knew the lot.

So, as well as the desert and the Nazis, Bill had to tame Schnabel too. It looked like being some patrol…

Story: Bullen

Art: Collado

Cover: Ian Kennedy