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#1 - Cry in the Ruins
Season 3 Episode 27
Aired 3/23/1965
A desperate woman searches for her missing baby as American and German soldiers watch helplessly from opposite ends of the street.
Director: Vic Morrow
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
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#2 - Odyssey
Season 3 Episode 31
Aired 4/20/1965
Saunders trapped behind enemy lines passes himself off as a shell shocked German corporal.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#3 - The Little Carousel
Season 3 Episode 8
Aired 11/10/1964
In a newly liberated French town Saunders is reluctant to accept the ministrations of a courageous thirteen year old girl whose one ambition is to serve the troops as a nurse.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
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#4 - The Hell Machine
Season 3 Episode 28
Aired 3/30/1965
When their jeep hits a land mine, Saunders, a tank captain, and private Gavin attempt to maneuver an abandoned German tank through enemy territory.
Director: N/A
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
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#5 - The Duel
Season 3 Episode 4
Aired 10/6/1964
The Germans, caught in an allied pincer movement, launch an all out assault on the American lines.
Director: N/A
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
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#6 - Point of View
Season 3 Episode 3
Aired 9/29/1964
Saunders faces a possible court-martial after a machine gun sergeant accuses him of bad judgment under fire when two of his men are killed.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: David Moessinger
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#7 - The Impostor
Season 3 Episode 10
Aired 11/24/1964
Hanley must take the place of a G-2 officer on a mission to spy on a German HQ. One of the three men he must meet has killed an American that Kirby recognized and took his unifom.
Director: Sutton Roley
Writer: N/A
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#8 - The Cassock
Season 3 Episode 17
Aired 1/12/1965
A German captain is ordered to blow up a bridge that the Americans will use to enter a French town, but Saunders' squad moves in before he can complete his mission
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
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#9 - Billy the Kid
Season 3 Episode 29
Aired 4/6/1965
Lieutenant William Benton, the son of celebrated General Bull Benton, leads a mission to locate a big artillery piece that is cutting up the American lines.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
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#10 - The Long Walk
Season 3 Episode 13
Aired 12/15/1964
The squad picks up a wounded GI, who is really the leader of a specially trained group of German infiltrators.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#11 - The Enemy
Season 3 Episode 16
Aired 1/5/1965
Hanley reluctantly accepts a captured German lieutenant's offer to disarm the mines his men have hidden. (60 mins)
Director: N/A
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
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#12 - Losers Cry Deal
Season 3 Episode 18
Aired 1/19/1965
Saunders assigns Caje as acting squad leader for 3rd squad till the replacement Sergeant arrives.
Director: Vic Morrow
Writer: N/A
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#13 - The Long Wait
Season 3 Episode 25
Aired 3/9/1965
A German machine gun pins down Saunders and company, along with four seriously wounded GIs, a truck full of munitions, and a truck driver.
Director: N/A
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
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#14 - Heritage
Season 3 Episode 30
Aired 4/13/1965
Corporal Velásquez is assigned to Hanleys outfit with orders to destroy a German observation post.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#15 - The Hard Way Back
Season 3 Episode 6
Aired 10/20/1964
During a barrage, Saunders is trapped under a beam and the only man who can rescue him is Pvt. Kogan. The scared Kogan abandons Saunders as the enemy moves into town.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
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#16 - Operation Fly Trap
Season 3 Episode 7
Aired 10/27/1964
Bringing a wounded doe to safety, Saunders, Caje, and communication Sergent Meider stumble upon a Germen patrol setting up a radio center.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#17 - More Than a Soldier
Season 3 Episode 19
Aired 1/26/1965
Saunders and a young soldier, Private Carey, are in a fight for their lives against the Germans. But Carey has never killed anyone or any thing, and will not defend himself.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
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#18 - The Steeple
Season 3 Episode 21
Aired 2/9/1965
Saunders, Caje, and Kirby try to rescue a paratrooper captain before he is spotted by the Germans.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#19 - A Gift of Hope
Season 3 Episode 11
Aired 12/1/1964
Saunders learns that his hero and role-model has feet of clay.Sergeant Avery, thought killed in action shows up alive and well. and must clear himself of suspicion of desertion.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
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#20 - The Convict
Season 3 Episode 22
Aired 2/16/1965
A German Bombardment strikes a prison releasing convicted criminals into the countryside. One unscrupulous convict assumes the identity of a French resistance fighter.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
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#21 - Fly Away Home
Season 3 Episode 9
Aired 11/17/1964
Sgt. Keeley has lost faith in humanity and invests all his devotion to his carrier pigeons, which he has trained for military use.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
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#22 - A Rare Vintage
Season 3 Episode 12
Aired 12/8/1964
Caje needs the help of a French civilian to try and rescue an injured and captured Hanley. Other regulars: Saunders & Doc (2).
Director: Sutton Roley
Writer: N/A
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#23 - A Walk With an Eagle
Season 3 Episode 24
Aired 3/2/1965
Hanley takes three men into enemy territory to rescue a U>S> flying ace who has parachuted to safety.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#24 - Beneath the Ashes
Season 3 Episode 32
Aired 4/27/1965
Hanley does not recall a private from patrol until the news that his wife is dying is confirmed. (At which time he will get an emergency leave.) But by then patrol is trapped and hiding in a basement.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#25 - The Tree of Moray
Season 3 Episode 26
Aired 3/16/1965
Hanley's efforts to bring to London a Frenchman with information valuable to the Allies is hampered by a lynching party that wants him for themselves.
Director: Bernard McEveety
Writer: N/A
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Cry in the Ruins" is the best rated episode of "Combat!" season 3. It scored 9.3/10 based on 130 votes. Directed by Vic Morrow and written by Edward J. Lakso, it aired on 3/23/1965. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Odyssey".