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Combat!•Season 3•Episode 15

Birthday Cake

7.7/10 · 105 votesDec 29, 196460 min

Ranked #31 of 32 in Season 3•−0.7 vs season avg

Littlejohn receives a birthday cake from his mother, with the explicit instructions not to open it until the 21st. He carries it on a dangerous patro; into enemy territory.

Written byEd Adamson

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Seasons5

Season 3 Episodes32

Mountain Man

Vendetta

Point of View

The Duel

Silver Service

The Hard Way Back

Operation Fly Trap

The Little Carousel

Fly Away Home

The Impostor

A Gift of Hope

A Rare Vintage still

A Rare Vintage

The Long Walk

The Town That Went Away

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Birthday Cake

The Enemy

The Cassock

Losers Cry Deal

More Than a Soldier

Brother, Brother

The Steeple

The Convict

Dateline

A Walk With an Eagle

The Long Wait

The Tree of Moray

Cry in the Ruins

The Hell Machine

Billy the Kid

Heritage

Odyssey

Beneath the Ashes still

Beneath the Ashes

Cast8

Rick Jason

Rick Jason

Lieutenant Gil Hanley

Vic Morrow

Vic Morrow

Sergeant Chip Saunders

Jack Hogan

Jack Hogan

William G. Kirby

P

Pierre Jalbert

Paul "Caje" Lemay

C

Conlan Carter

Doc

D

Dick Peabody

Little John

Tom Lowell

Tom Lowell

Billy Nelson

S

Steven Rogers

Doc Walton

Crew1

E

Ed Adamson

Writer

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Episode Summary

"Birthday Cake" is episode 15 of Combat! season 3. It scored 7.7/10 from 105 votes, ranking #31 of 32 episodes this season (season average 8.4). Written by Ed Adamson, it aired on December 29, 1964.

Next: E16 · The Enemy Best of Season 3