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

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Rick Jason

Vic Morrow

Jack Hogan

Pierre Jalbert

Conlan Carter

Dick Peabody

Tom Lowell

Steven Rogers

The Old Men

Crossfire

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

Main Event

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.

The First Day

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.

S.I.W.

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

The Linesman

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.

The Farmer

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.

Evasion

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

Hear No Evil

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

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.

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.

Soldier of Fortune

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

The Casket

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.

Luck with Rainbows

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.

Breakout

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.

Finest Hour

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

The Raider

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

The Mockingbird

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

The Good Samaritan

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

Retribution

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

Counterplay

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

Nothing to Lose

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

Ask Me No Questions

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

The Ringer

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.

The Flying Machine

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.

Hills Are For Heroes (1)

Hills Are for Heroes (2)

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.

Gitty

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

One at a Time

Hanley tries to save a terrified soldier caught in quicksand.

A Sudden Terror

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

Run, Sheep, Run

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

The Leader

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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