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Combat!

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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.

Cast:
Rick Jason, Vic Morrow, Jack Hogan, Pierre Jalbert
Language:
English
Country:
United States of America
Network:
ABC

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Seasons

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Season 4

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Episode 1

Main Event

1965-09-14 · 60m

Saunders' latest green replacements are a boxer and his cocky fight manager, Murphy, who wants to run both the war and Saunders.

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Episode 2

The First Day

1965-09-21 · 60m

The squad, worn-out and exhausted, receives four green replacements. The story follows these four teenagers as they attempt to survive their first day on the front line.

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Episode 3

S.I.W.

1965-09-28 · 60m

Kirby rejoins the squad in the field, bringing with him a new replacement, Kalb. Kalb is already known to Fleming. Fleming believes Kalb is a coward who ran at Omaha Beach and has been running ever since.

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Episode 4

The Linesman

1965-10-05 · 60m

A hostile signal corps sergeant, McClosky, balks at having Saunders as escort on a mission to lay wire.

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Episode 5

The Farmer

1965-10-12 · 60m

Waiting for the battle, Noah plants the crops of an evacuated French farmer. His love for the land and farming overshadow his obligations as a soldier.

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Episode 6

Evasion

1965-10-19 · 60m

In an ancient castle that the Germans are using as a POW camp, Hanley's fellow prisoners provide him with a fake Albanian uniform for his escape attempt.

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Episode 7

Hear No Evil

1965-10-26 · 60m

Sgt. Saunders, alone and deafened by a grenade, tries to make his way back to American lines.

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Episode 8

Crossfire

1965-11-02 · 60m

Saunders returns from patrol with one of his squad, a decorated veteran of Omaha Beach, under arrest.

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Episode 9

9 Place Vendee

1965-11-11 · 60m

After losing a superior officer in the field, Hanley goes alone to locate a wounded intelligence officer in German Held territory.

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Episode 10

The Old Men

1965-11-16 · 60m

The Squad is saddled with three over-aged replacements: an injured vet of the Italian campaign who refuses to accept that he is incapable of fighting as he did as a youth, a homesick family man, and a politician with senatorial ambitions.

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Episode 11

Soldier of Fortune

1965-11-23 · 60m

An explosion destroys the cellar of a German communication center where Saunders, Marsh, and Wallace were tapping lines. Trapped beneath a beam and fearing he will be left behind, Marsh uses information he has overheard as insurance for a safe return to American lines.

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Episode 12

The Casket

1965-11-30 · 60m

Saunders, trying to get a wounded Kirby to a hospital crosses an elderly mother determined to give her son proper burial.

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Episode 13

Luck with Rainbows

1965-12-07 · 60m

Hanley, Little John, and Kirby attempt to salvage film from a crashed reconnaissance plane. They are interrupted by a British Major who commandeers the film and abandons the squad as Germans approach.

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Episode 14

Breakout

1965-12-14 · 60m

Facing a German advance, Saunders and squad are ordered to destroy a valley of construction equipment, to keep it out of the hands of the Germans.

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Episode 15

Finest Hour

1965-12-21 · 60m

Caje forces a Frenchman to aid him and a wounded Hanley. The Frenchman takes them to a German occupied chateau where the countess must tend to his wounds while keeping his presence a secret.

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Episode 16

The Raider

1965-12-28 · 60m

Hanley is captured by the infamous SS Captain Reichhardt. Saunders captures Reichhardt's men but does not learn the location on Hanley.

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Episode 17

The Mockingbird

1966-01-04 · 60m

Three days before a German advance, a spy posing as a downed American flyer is sent to secure information on the French resistance.

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Episode 18

The Good Samaritan

1966-01-11 · 60m

Marsini the sole survivor of an ill fated patrol blames Saunders for the fate of his fellows since Saunders has orders to keep his position and could not render aid

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Episode 19

Retribution

1966-01-18 · 60m

After his sister's fiance is killed by an SS Colonel, Kirby goes after the colonel.

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Episode 20

Counterplay

1966-01-25 · 60m

An impostor masquerades as a French resistance fighter to lead Saunders squad on a mission.

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Episode 21

Nothing to Lose

1966-02-01 · 60m

Vinnick, a tough G.I. with no regard for danger, clashes with Burke, a soldier who covers his own cowardice with big talk.

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Episode 22

Ask Me No Questions

1966-02-08 · 60m

A German Lieutenant posing as an American sergeant is placed among arriving American prisoners, including Saunders. Mastin learns locations of key American units.

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Episode 23

The Ringer

1966-02-15 · 60m

A suspicious straggler joins the squad and behaves erratically, endangering the lives of Saunders and company.

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Episode 24

The Flying Machine

1966-02-22 · 60m

Hanley flies in a rickety observation plane with a wisecracking pilot. Returning from their mission they see a German convoy and fly in for a closer look.

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Episode 25

Hills Are For Heroes (1)

1966-03-01 · 60m

In this 2 partter Hanley & his men have to try & take out 2 bunkers. Hanley finds this almost hopeless and with Saunders wounded, (he only able to give morale support to Haley).Everything looks beck for the men of King Company they get a tank. They lose the tank. But in the end Caje& Kirby with cover of the tank take out the last bunker.

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Episode 26

Hills Are for Heroes (2)

1966-03-08 · 60m

In this 2 partter Hanley & his men have to try & take out 2 bunkers. Hanley finds this almost hopeless and with Saunders wounded, (he only able to give morale support to Haley).Everything looks beck for the men of King Company they get a tank. They lose the tank. But in the end Caje& Kirby with cover of the tank take out the last bunker.

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Episode 27

Gitty

1966-03-15 · 60m

The squad find a young girl at the convent they are using as OP. Saunders has to try & tell the girl her father is dead. When they are attacked by the Krauts.

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Episode 28

One at a Time

1966-03-22 · 60m

After his men are all killed by Saunders' squad, a wounded German escapes and vows to kill Saunders' men, one at a time.

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Episode 29

A Sudden Terror

1966-03-29 · 60m

Hanley tries to save a terrified soldier caught in quicksand.

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Episode 30

Run, Sheep, Run

1966-04-05 · 60m

In his first battle, Pvt. Corey freezes. Afterworld, the squad commends him for his actions, believing he destroyed a machine gun nest.

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Episode 31

The Leader

1966-04-12 · 60m

Saunders has to return to HQ for a meeting - leaving Kirby in charge. At first being left in charge starts going to his head, But! after Caje is wounded and the phone lines are cut. Things change fast, At first Kirby starts thinking what would Sarge do. But! with a little encouragement from Doc, He stops thinking what would Sarge do but what would Kirby do to get out of this

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Cast

Rick Jason

Rick Jason

Lieutenant Gil Hanley

Vic Morrow

Vic Morrow

Sergeant Chip Saunders

Jack Hogan

Jack Hogan

William G. Kirby

Pierre Jalbert

Paul "Caje" Lemay

Conlan Carter

Doc

Dick Peabody

Little John

Tom Lowell

Tom Lowell

Billy Nelson

Steven Rogers

Doc Walton

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