Combat!
Combat!
TV ShowEnded

Combat!

On television, war is heck.

7.7 / 10
1962
5 seasons
152 episodes
War & PoliticsDrama

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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Seasons

  • Forgotten Front

    1.Forgotten Front

    02-10-196260m

    Saunders 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....

  • Rear Echelon Commandos

    2.Rear Echelon Commandos

    09-10-196260m

    On 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...

  • Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd

    3.Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd

    16-10-196260m

    Jeffrey 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...

  • Any Second Now

    4.Any Second Now

    23-10-196260m

    While 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...

  • Far from the Brave

    5.Far from the Brave

    30-10-196260m

    The 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...

  • Missing in Action

    6.Missing in Action

    13-11-196260m

    Retrieving 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...

  • Escape to Nowhere

    7.Escape to Nowhere

    20-11-196260m

    While 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...

  • The Celebrity

    8.The Celebrity

    27-11-196260m

    Del 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...

  • Cat and Mouse

    9.Cat and Mouse

    04-12-196260m

    A 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...

  • I Swear by Apollo

    10.I Swear by Apollo

    11-12-196260m

    A 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...

  • A Day in June

    11.A Day in June

    18-12-196260m

    In 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...

  • The Prisoner

    12.The Prisoner

    25-12-196260m

    Braddock, 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...

  • Reunion

    13.Reunion

    01-01-196360m

    After 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'...

  • The Medal

    14.The Medal

    08-01-196360m

    D'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'...

  • Just for the Record

    15.Just for the Record

    15-01-196360m

    Sgt. 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...

  • The Volunteer

    16.The Volunteer

    22-01-196360m

    A 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...

  • The Squad

    17.The Squad

    29-01-196360m

    Saunders' 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...

  • Next In Command

    18.Next In Command

    05-02-196360m

    Ben 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...

  • The Chateau

    19.The Chateau

    12-02-196360m

    Doc, 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...

  • Off Limits

    20.Off Limits

    19-02-196360m

    P.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...

  • No Time for Pity

    21.No Time for Pity

    26-02-196360m

    Hanley and men must take town where Germans hold children hostage

  • Night Patrol

    22.Night Patrol

    05-03-196360m

    The squad meets up with a lieutenant living in a cave.

  • Survival

    23.Survival

    12-03-196360m

    Hanley 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...

  • No Hallelujahs for Glory

    24.No Hallelujahs for Glory

    19-03-196360m

    Sauders resents a female photo journalist until he sees the final results.

  • The Quiet Warrior

    25.The Quiet Warrior

    26-03-196360m

    Hanley 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...

  • Battle of the Roses

    26.Battle of the Roses

    02-04-196360m

    A 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...

  • Hill 256

    27.Hill 256

    09-04-196360m

    Kirby 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...

  • The Sniper

    28.The Sniper

    16-04-196360m

    A 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...

  • One More for the Road

    29.One More for the Road

    23-04-196360m

    The 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...

  • The Walking Wounded

    30.The Walking Wounded

    30-04-196360m

    Saunders becomes one of "The Walking Wounded" and falls under the mercies of three broken souls more deeply wounded than he.

  • High Named Today

    31.High Named Today

    07-05-196360m

    Hanley, Saunders and their men are worried that the reckless bravery of a reputed one-man death-squad will get them all killed.

  • No Trumpets, No Drums

    32.No Trumpets, No Drums

    14-05-196360m

    Caje 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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