

Combat!
“On television, war is heck.”
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.
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1.Forgotten Front
02-10-196260mSaunders and his squad, "White Rook", go in to find out what happened to another squad, "Black Rook" that went silent while on a patrol to find the location of a German big gun....

2.Rear Echelon Commandos
09-10-196260mOn the frontline, the squad receives three new replacements straight from rear echelon duty in England. They are Gainsborough (a scared, overweight cook), Temple (an equally scared...

3.Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd
16-10-196260mJeffrey Hunter stars in "Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd" as tanker Sgt. Dane, a man mad at the world, mad at the war, and mad at God. He's not too thrilled with Hanley and Saunders, eit...

4.Any Second Now
23-10-196260mWhile in a French town on leave, Hanley's leg is pinned by some debris during a bombing raid. In the church building with him is an undetonated German bomb which is still timed to...

5.Far from the Brave
30-10-196260mThe squad B.A.R. (Browning Automatic Rifle) man who is also Saunder's friend is killed. Kirby believes the Saunders will give him the B.A.R. Saunders decides to give it to the new...

6.Missing in Action
13-11-196260mRetrieving a downed pilot becomes even more nerve-wracking, because Lt. Hanley's battle-fatigued squad mistakenly shoots the messenger who delivered the U.S. war hero pilot's where...

7.Escape to Nowhere
20-11-196260mWhile playing possum behind enemy lines, the wounded Hanley is captured, then interrogated. A When Hanley won't cooperate, General Von Strelitz takes Hanley away for further questi...

8.The Celebrity
27-11-196260mDel Packer is a famous baseball star who was drafted into the army. He winds up as a replacement in the squad. While Kelly looks for a way to make some money by setting up a baseba...

9.Cat and Mouse
04-12-196260mA worn out Sgt. Saunders must lead Sgt. Jenkins and his men into an area that had already seen lots of casualties. All of the men except Saunders and Jenkins are killed before they...

10.I Swear by Apollo
11-12-196260mA wounded Frenchman has important information. He and another man are injured when a land mind goes off. The squad takes refuge in a Convent of Cloistered Nuns. When Hanley arrive...

11.A Day in June
18-12-196260mIn a flashback story told as the men rest on a rainy night, Sgt. Saunders recalls the experiences of himself and several other men on the day of the D-Day invasion. This includes t...

12.The Prisoner
25-12-196260mBraddock, while on duty as Lt. Hanley's runner, is "appropriated" by a tough-talking, overbearing colonel as his jeep driver. Unfortunately the colonel decides to drive the jeep hi...

13.Reunion
01-01-196360mAfter the battalion pushes the Germans out of a small French town, Pvt. Paul Villers, a member of Saunders' squad, asks permission to look for his father, a French doctor. Villers'...

14.The Medal
08-01-196360mD'Amato and Wharton, two close friends within the platoon, become separated from the rest of the men when the platoon comes under fire from a German tank and its machine gunner. D'...

15.Just for the Record
15-01-196360mSgt. Saunders is taken prisoner by a German patrol. He is being transported with three other men, two Canadians and a French civilian, when they are freed by a group of Resistance...

16.The Volunteer
22-01-196360mA thirteen year old French boy wants to join the squad. After he is told he can't, he follows the squad. After Hanley is wounded, Caje tells him that he is now part of the group an...

17.The Squad
29-01-196360mSaunders' and Hanley's platoon is joined by a replacement soldier from Georgia named Moseby Lovelace, who comes complete with a new set of boots that the other troops, especially S...

18.Next In Command
05-02-196360mBen Cooper plays Corporal Cross, the newest addiyion to the squad. For once, the new boy is a veteran. He is tormented by a fatal mistake he'd made on another hill. That mistake ha...

19.The Chateau
12-02-196360mDoc, Braddock and several wounded GIs take refuge in a French Château owned by a wealthy aristocrat and his daughter. The father is concerned only with saving his estate and wants...

20.Off Limits
19-02-196360mP.F.C. Marsh runs into his wife Lt. Amelia Marsh at a field hospital. He asks for a pass to spend time with her. While he is waiting for his pass, Kirby goes AWOL and ends up at t...

21.No Time for Pity
26-02-196360mHanley and men must take town where Germans hold children hostage

22.Night Patrol
05-03-196360mThe squad meets up with a lieutenant living in a cave.

23.Survival
12-03-196360mHanley and his men are taken prisoners. The encampment comes under artillery fire. The Germans get all but Saunders out. The men use the artillery barrage to make their escape. Whe...

24.No Hallelujahs for Glory
19-03-196360mSauders resents a female photo journalist until he sees the final results.

25.The Quiet Warrior
26-03-196360mHanley is pulled off the line and sent to London. He discovers that he is to be used in a secret mission to aid a French physicist to escape occupied France before the Gestapo capt...

26.Battle of the Roses
02-04-196360mA young woman who cannot face the horrors of the war isolates herself in an idyllic garden which is unscathed by German bombs and refuses to leave. Saunders attempts to evacuate he...

27.Hill 256
09-04-196360mKirby is on trial accused by Sgt. Midcaff who claims Kirby ran from the enemy. Kirby said there was a machine gun nest. After Kirby convinces Saunders he is telling the truth, Saun...

28.The Sniper
16-04-196360mA never say die German stays behind after the German withdrawal to wage his own private war. He is aided by a beautiful but bitter Frenchwoman who has her own reasons to hate the...

29.One More for the Road
23-04-196360mThe squad finds a baby in a barn and the mother had been killed. Saunders won't let them bring the baby along and the men don't like it. Saunders gives in and sends Littlejohn and...

30.The Walking Wounded
30-04-196360mSaunders becomes one of "The Walking Wounded" and falls under the mercies of three broken souls more deeply wounded than he.

31.High Named Today
07-05-196360mHanley, Saunders and their men are worried that the reckless bravery of a reputed one-man death-squad will get them all killed.

32.No Trumpets, No Drums
14-05-196360mCaje must deal with killing a Frenchman. He does this by turning his attention to the dead man's daughter.The squad becomes worried about Caje. Saunders must find a way to bring Ca...
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