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On television, war is heck. - Combat! - Season 4
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Title: Combat!

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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Average Vote: 7.626 (103 votes)

Cast

  • Lieutenant Gil Hanley: Rick Jason
  • Sergeant Chip Saunders: Vic Morrow
  • William G. Kirby: Jack Hogan
  • Paul "Caje" Lemay: Pierre Jalbert
  • Doc: Conlan Carter
  • Little John: Dick Peabody
  • Billy Nelson: Tom Lowell
  • Doc Walton: Steven Rogers
  • Combat! - Main Event (Season 4 - Episode 1)

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

    Combat! - The First Day (Season 4 - Episode 2)

    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.

    Combat! - S.I.W. (Season 4 - Episode 3)

    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.

    Combat! - The Linesman (Season 4 - Episode 4)

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

    Combat! - The Farmer (Season 4 - Episode 5)

    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.

    Combat! - Evasion (Season 4 - Episode 6)

    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.

    Combat! - Hear No Evil (Season 4 - Episode 7)

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

    Combat! - Crossfire (Season 4 - Episode 8)

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

    Combat! - 9 Place Vendee (Season 4 - Episode 9)

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

    Combat! - The Old Men (Season 4 - Episode 10)

    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.

    Combat! - Soldier of Fortune (Season 4 - Episode 11)

    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.

    Combat! - The Casket (Season 4 - Episode 12)

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

    Combat! - Luck with Rainbows (Season 4 - Episode 13)

    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.

    Combat! - Breakout (Season 4 - Episode 14)

    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.

    Combat! - Finest Hour (Season 4 - Episode 15)

    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.

    Combat! - The Raider (Season 4 - Episode 16)

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

    Combat! - The Mockingbird (Season 4 - Episode 17)

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

    Combat! - The Good Samaritan (Season 4 - Episode 18)

    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

    Combat! - Retribution (Season 4 - Episode 19)

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

    Combat! - Counterplay (Season 4 - Episode 20)

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

    Combat! - Nothing to Lose (Season 4 - Episode 21)

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

    Combat! - Ask Me No Questions (Season 4 - Episode 22)

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

    Combat! - The Ringer (Season 4 - Episode 23)

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

    Combat! - The Flying Machine (Season 4 - Episode 24)

    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.

    Combat! - Hills Are For Heroes (1) (Season 4 - Episode 25)

    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.

    Combat! - Hills Are for Heroes (2) (Season 4 - Episode 26)

    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.

    Combat! - Gitty (Season 4 - Episode 27)

    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.

    Combat! - One at a Time (Season 4 - Episode 28)

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

    Combat! - A Sudden Terror (Season 4 - Episode 29)

    Hanley tries to save a terrified soldier caught in quicksand.

    Combat! - Run, Sheep, Run (Season 4 - Episode 30)

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

    Combat! - The Leader (Season 4 - Episode 31)

    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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