Combat!: Season 1
Episodes
Forgotten Front
Oct 2, 1962 · 60 min
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
Oct 9, 1962 · 60 min
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
Oct 16, 1962 · 60 min
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
Oct 23, 1962 · 60 min
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
Oct 30, 1962 · 60 min
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
Nov 13, 1962 · 60 min
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
Nov 20, 1962 · 60 min
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
Nov 27, 1962 · 60 min
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
Dec 4, 1962 · 60 min
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
Dec 11, 1962 · 60 min
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
Dec 18, 1962 · 60 min
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
Dec 25, 1962 · 60 min
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
Jan 1, 1963 · 60 min
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
Jan 8, 1963 · 60 min
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
Jan 15, 1963 · 60 min
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
Jan 22, 1963 · 60 min
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
Jan 29, 1963 · 60 min
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
Feb 5, 1963 · 60 min
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
Feb 12, 1963 · 60 min
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
Feb 19, 1963 · 60 min
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
Feb 26, 1963 · 60 min
Hanley and men must take town where Germans hold children hostage
Survival
Mar 12, 1963 · 60 min
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
Mar 19, 1963 · 60 min
Sauders resents a female photo journalist until he sees the final results.
The Quiet Warrior
Mar 26, 1963 · 60 min
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
Apr 2, 1963 · 60 min
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
Apr 9, 1963 · 60 min
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
Apr 16, 1963 · 60 min
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
Apr 23, 1963 · 60 min
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
Apr 30, 1963 · 60 min
Saunders becomes one of "The Walking Wounded" and falls under the mercies of three broken souls more deeply wounded than he.
High Named Today
May 7, 1963 · 60 min
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
May 14, 1963 · 60 min
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