Combat!

Combat! (1962)

On television, war is heck.

⭐ 7.7/10 Ended 5 Seasons 60 min

Overview

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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Episodes - Season 1

Forgotten Front

Episode 1: Forgotten Front

Oct 02, 1962

Saunders and his squad, "White Rook", go in to find out what happened to another squad, "Black Rook" that went silent while on a p...

Rear Echelon Commandos

Episode 2: Rear Echelon Commandos

Oct 09, 1962

On the frontline, the squad receives three new replacements straight from rear echelon duty in England. They are Gainsborough (a scared, overweight co...

Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd

Episode 3: Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd

Oct 16, 1962

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 n...

Any Second Now

Episode 4: Any Second Now

Oct 23, 1962

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 G...

Far from the Brave

Episode 5: Far from the Brave

Oct 30, 1962

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. Saun...

Missing in Action

Episode 6: Missing in Action

Nov 13, 1962

Retrieving a downed pilot becomes even more nerve-wracking, because Lt. Hanley's battle-fatigued squad mistakenly shoots the messenger who delive...

Escape to Nowhere

Episode 7: Escape to Nowhere

Nov 20, 1962

While playing possum behind enemy lines, the wounded Hanley is captured, then interrogated. A When Hanley won't cooperate, General Von Strelitz t...

The Celebrity

Episode 8: The Celebrity

Nov 27, 1962

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 som...

Cat and Mouse

Episode 9: Cat and Mouse

Dec 04, 1962

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 ...

I Swear by Apollo

Episode 10: I Swear by Apollo

Dec 11, 1962

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 Clois...

A Day in June

Episode 11: A Day in June

Dec 18, 1962

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...

The Prisoner

Episode 12: The Prisoner

Dec 25, 1962

Braddock, while on duty as Lt. Hanley's runner, is "appropriated" by a tough-talking, overbearing colonel as his jeep driver. Unfortuna...

Reunion

Episode 13: Reunion

Jan 01, 1963

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 hi...

The Medal

Episode 14: The Medal

Jan 08, 1963

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 Ger...

Just for the Record

Episode 15: Just for the Record

Jan 15, 1963

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 ...

The Volunteer

Episode 16: The Volunteer

Jan 22, 1963

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 ...

The Squad

Episode 17: The Squad

Jan 29, 1963

Saunders' and Hanley's platoon is joined by a replacement soldier from Georgia named Moseby Lovelace, who comes complete with a new set of b...

Next In Command

Episode 18: Next In Command

Feb 05, 1963

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 ma...

The Chateau

Episode 19: The Chateau

Feb 12, 1963

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 wi...

Off Limits

Episode 20: Off Limits

Feb 19, 1963

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, Ki...

No Time for Pity

Episode 21: No Time for Pity

Feb 26, 1963

Hanley and men must take town where Germans hold children hostage

Night Patrol

Episode 22: Night Patrol

Mar 05, 1963

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

Survival

Episode 23: Survival

Mar 12, 1963

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 bar...

No Hallelujahs for Glory

Episode 24: No Hallelujahs for Glory

Mar 19, 1963

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

The Quiet Warrior

Episode 25: The Quiet Warrior

Mar 26, 1963

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 ...

Battle of the Roses

Episode 26: Battle of the Roses

Apr 02, 1963

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. Sa...

Hill 256

Episode 27: Hill 256

Apr 09, 1963

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...

The Sniper

Episode 28: The Sniper

Apr 16, 1963

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 ha...

One More for the Road

Episode 29: One More for the Road

Apr 23, 1963

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. Sau...

The Walking Wounded

Episode 30: The Walking Wounded

Apr 30, 1963

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

High Named Today

Episode 31: High Named Today

May 07, 1963

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

Episode 32: No Trumpets, No Drums

May 14, 1963

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. S...