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Season 1 – Combat!

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This gritty 1960s drama depicts the lives of a U.S. platoon fighting its way across Europe during World War II. The show is a relatively realistic portrait of the fighting, refusing to glamorize either the soldiers or the war itself. Instead, it concentrates on the struggles of the soldiers to maintain their own humanity.
Combat! — Season 1

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Episode 1 Aired Oct 2, 1962 Forgotten Front Saunders must decide whether to bring an exhausted prisoner on a retreat or kill him because he knows too much. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 9, 1962 Rear Echelon Command In desperate need of replacements, Saunders receives three misfits and then learns he must take them along on a hazardous mission. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 16, 1962 Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd The men are grateful for a tank's arrival until they learn its commander's (Jeffrey Hunter) courage is really savagery. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 23, 1962 Any Second Now With bombers overhead, Hanley takes refuge in a church and is trapped with a delayed-action bomb. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 30, 1962 Far From the Brave A private who has always worked in the Army kitchens joins the squad, awaiting the enemy at the front. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 13, 1962 Missing in Action The French underground guides Hanley and his men behind enemy lines to rescue an American flier. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 20, 1962 Escape to Nowhere Prisoner Hanley helps an enemy general, wanted by the Gestapo for his involvement in a plot to kill Hitler. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 27, 1962 The Celebrity A big-league baseball pitching star (Tab Hunter) is assigned to Saunders' squad as a replacement. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 4, 1962 Cat and Mouse Saunders falls under the command of battle-hardened Sgt. Jenkins (Albert Salmi) for a hazardous mission, but questions his recklessness. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 11, 1962 I Swear by Apollo Saunders and Caje capture a German army doctor and order him to operate on a wounded Frenchman who knows about German troop movements. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 18, 1962 A Day in June Soggy weather on the Normandy front affords Saunders' squad a break from battle and an opportunity to recall D-Day. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 25, 1962 The Prisoner Braddock enjoys luxury treatment when German captors mistake him for a colonel (Keenan Wynn) for whom Braddock was driving. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 1, 1963 Reunion A French-born soldier (Chris Robinson) in Saunders' unit attempts to find his father, from whom he was separated 14 years earlier. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 8, 1963 The Medal Hanley recommends a soldier (Frank Gorshin) for the Silver Star, but a dead comrade performed the deed. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 15, 1963 Just for the Record The French underground rescues Saunders from his German captors, then hides him in a reluctant Parisienne's apartment. Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 22, 1963 Volunteer A 13-year-old French war orphan begs Hanley to let him join the unit then is put to the test when Hanley is wounded as Germans approach. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 29, 1963 The Squad A grass-green recruit from Dixie makes it clear that he is not too pleased to be fighting in a "Yankee" outfit. Details Episode 18 Aired Feb 5, 1963 Next in Command Saunders wonders why a seasoned soldier vacillates between extreme bravery and miserable failure. Details Episode 19 Aired Feb 12, 1963 The Chateau A German force led by an aristocratic officer (Dan O'Herlihy) captures Doc, Braddock and a truckload of wounded. Details Episode 20 Aired Feb 19, 1963 Off Limits Saunders is reluctant to send a soldier on a hazardous assignment because of the man's upcoming reunion with his wife, an Army nurse. Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 26, 1963 No Time for Pity Germans who are occupying an important observation post threaten to kill their civilian hostages if attacked. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 5, 1963 Night Patrol A lone man (Skip Homeier) claiming to be an American officer lost and separated from his unit leads the squad to his hideout in a cave. Details Episode 23 Aired Mar 12, 1963 Survival Injured Saunders falls behind as the squad escapes from German captors and wanders alone through enemy-held territory. Details Episode 24 Aired Mar 19, 1963 No Hallelujahs for Glory The squad must rescue a reckless magazine photographer (Elizabeth Allen) who headed for a French town still thought to be held by Germans. Details Episode 25 Aired Mar 26, 1963 The Quiet Warrior Hanley is tabbed by Allied intelligence to parachute into France to bring out an important French scientist. Details Episode 26 Aired Apr 2, 1963 Battle of the Roses Saunders begs an emotionally shattered French girl (Antoinette Bower) to leave her garden and flee a bombardment. Details Episode 27 Aired Apr 9, 1963 Hill 256 Kirby faces court-martial when an eyewitness charges him with cowardice in battle. Details Episode 28 Aired Apr 16, 1963 Sniper French villagers give Harley, Saunders and their men an enthusiastic welcome before a sniper opens fire. Details Episode 29 Aired Apr 23, 1963 One More for the Road Saunders agrees to bring along an abandoned infant, even though the baby will hinder the soldiers' mobility. Details Episode 30 Aired Apr 30, 1963 Walking Wounded Injured Saunders sees an Army doctor (Gary Merrill) abandon a critically wounded patient when their ambulance is caught in an air raid. Details Episode 31 Aired May 7, 1963 High Named Today A soldier (Dean Stockwell) with a reputation as a one-man army joins the squad, which fears his recklessness. Details Episode 32 Aired May 14, 1963 No Trumpets, No Drums Distraught Caje neglects military duties to a serious degree after accidentally killing a French civilian. Details

Season Info

Director
Burt Kennedy
Executive Producer
Selig J. Seligman
Screenwriter
Art Wallace
Network
ABC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Drama, War
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 2, 1962