Been watching this series since I was 7 years old, I am now a glorious 62-year young, and still like this show. I went in during Desert Storm part 1, due to my interest in National Protection. As I found out, war is not a romantic thing. Some of the action I saw was similar to what is seen on this series. But the friends I met and interacted with, were the greatest heroes no matter what their duty station or road they were on. God bless America.
Every Tuesday night at 7:30 !! Let's not forget 12 O'clock High . Another great series . My dad and I who is a decorated WW2 veteran credited with 78 combat missions over occupied France and Belgium and awarded the " Distinguish Flying Cross " would talk about these shows after watching them . He celebrated his 100th birthday last September . He is and always will be my hero . My mother's father fought with the " Big Red 1" in WW1 . He wouldn't talk much about it but he was great grandpa and he had a dog that he loved dearly . I miss him .
My Grandpa also was with the Big Red 1 in WW1, and my Dad was in the Army on a troop ship heading across the Pacific right at the end of WWII. I wish I would've heard more from both of them about their experiences. You are fortunate your dad is willing to share with you.
As a private, in 1980, I had a friend that resembled Vic Morrow, except that he had a scar that went from his upper left eyebrow down to his chin. He didn't have any friends because everybody was afraid of him. He was a forward observer in Hq. battery 2/39 FA. You and I drank whiskey together. You are my friend forever. Respect!
My dad was in the artillery during the war. But never talked about it. He was a veteran of the Pacific theater. We loved to watch Combat with him. When I see scenes of the artillery in these episodes I can understand why my dad’s hearing went first when he got old. The sense of hearing sure takes a brutal beating.
They can not make shows this good any more. Thanks for posting the best show ever, Combat, power packed with the life lessons and illustrated sermons we need so much in these perilous times, to inspire us to keep on going and to not give up.
@@slim420MM if they made this today Lawson would have entered the army as a man, had a sex change and became a woman, committed espionage and later pardoned by a POS liberal president.
Combat! was certainly remarkable for the stories and the skill of its actors. Yet, it also attracted some of the greatest established talent of the day as well as emerging artists for guest appearances.
AGREED. In this way, it was much like The Twilight Zone, a series that launched too many great careers to count. As the old saying goes, "They don't make 'em like this anymore."
Dean Stockwell was just perfect for this part. He can really use his combat skills and courage. The Krauts don't know what hit them. I remember this one from my childhood. Thank you for putting this together for us.
42:12 look at the bullet hole in the turret. It falls off. Looks like a sticker. Love this show. Whoever put these up, thank you for your time and effort !
Growing up I watched this show with the rest of the family. I started my appreciation for the M1 Garrand because of it. It took many years but I finally got a chance to shoot one. Funny how it just didn't sound the same as in the TV show. :)
@@josephtaddonio6481 Loved U.N.C.L.E David Maccallum is STILL Alive and well!! Remember the "Girl from U.N.C.L.E "?? With Stephanie Powers as "April Dancer"! She's STILL around, but I don't know about Noel Harrison.
I’m from South American me and my grandpa use to watch combat every week We where so proud of Americans we always sheer for them Those are the days where Americans love their country Now most Americans hate their country
I hate liberal socialist communists with no plan except tax everyone to death so they can collect a monthly stipend and sit around on their lazy fat asses and bitch about Trump who has done more for Americans than any president since Eisenhower.
Dean stockwell in episode 31 was. Exceptional. Spectacular. . i watch. Him as a. Kid in so many roles . god bless for. Such entertainment. He brought to our home tv sets . miguel olba.
I the series combat. Back in 1962 . When it first started. I was 14 years old. My favorite TV show after bonanza and surf side six. Vic morrow of combat and Troy donahue surf side six. Those TV programs of the 60' are better. Than today's. Nothing but crime. It brings back memories. I'm 73 old now
Watched combat in the UK, back in the 1960s as a wee boy. After it was finished with my friends we would go down to the wood's an play soldiers magic days.
Watching COMBAT was my motivation to take German language classes during all three years of High School in Davenport IOWA (1967-1970) a skill set that served me well during my cold war tour of duty in Nuremberg [1976-1979]
Indeed. The longest-running WW2 show of it's kind, and one that actually gave the Germans credit at the end. Although, being from a German family, I picked up some of the fake words that they convinced viewers would pass as real German, LOL I agree though, it was a good show and in a class by itself.
Stories of selfless courage in a righteous cause will always be appreciated by most of us. We enjoy watching a time when Men were Men without apologizing or denial. When the going got tough, the tough got going.
I'M pretty sure I was about, or just turned, 5 years old when "Combat," just came out. 1961-1962 was its' full year! First full year that is. Anyway, I was glued to that war story series till up about 1966? I think the last full season was 1965-1966. The tv series ran about 4-4 1/2 years, and amid into the gut of the Vietnam War! With that going on, along with "McHales Navy," and "The Rat Patrol," WW2 tv series were obsolete . TV was bring war home live from every war correspondent , from every news channel, from a hell of lovely vegetation , and really HOT IN TEMPERATURE AND ORDNANCE. A place called South-Vietnam. Great war reality tv. WOW! A good live cast or opposite!
Wow, what a treat! Dean Stockwell in his 20's. What a long career from the 1940's up to the present. Between his movies (Paris Texas, Air Force One etc) and the well known series (Quantum Leap) Dean Stockwell has stood the test of time as few others have. On another note regarding the terrain in this series, while it does not resemble the landscape fought over in Normandy towards Paris and beyond to the German border, there are areas of southern France that could come closer to matching this type of terrain. It rains or drizzles so much over here in the north, the landscape cannot be arid. Finally, Vic Morrow teaches us what team building is all about. This épisode could almost be a training film in team cohesion and keeping it that way. Merci pour le téléchargement!
@@ergot57 Actually, I take back what I wrote 7 years ago. While I left Brittany 7 years ago to return to "North" America, I have been told by expert witnesses that there has been an ongoing drought for many months in Western Europe. (Here Brittany) The landscape is very arid and almost tinder dry.
Still Spectacular ! This Series was as good as watching "The Longest Day" 10x over. Budget was obviously much smaller, one a Big Screen Event, (Great Movie), and the other a made for Television Series. The scenes are about as realistic as can be, and I do enjoy seeing the errors left in the film (can), like the Wagon or Van driving by a Battle scene, for about .5 of a second, it is fun. Almost every episode I find has the intensity of "Saving Private Ryan" (Not a bad Movie), the grunge and grit of "Stalag 17" (Fantastic Movie), and the endings aren't so bad.
I REMEMBER this show in 63 , just before they shoot JFK in Nov. That same year. Wow! Thank you. Great show ! They don't make GREAT ACTORS like that today!!! D.P.
I remembered when I was a child at early 80s sitting along with my father watching combat series leading with Vic morrow and rick Jayson, and now when my father's gone it's remind me this historic movie and gave me a lot of sense and importance every watching it.
GR Thanks for posting. I am 60 years old and watch the original episodes. Have not seen Saunders and the group in 45 years and have watch all of the first 4 year episodes. Don't remember them except the one with Brandon De Wilde and the one Hanley and the squad help the woman with aid of the Germans. Always remembered Saunders was the man. Cant believe he didn't go on to bigger things. Everytime I see Hanley leaving early, I say off to the shooting range. What a deal he had
Like a stage, frequently the same ditch, farmhouse, Apple orchard, French village, tree-lined road. But like a stage it is the actor who makes the show. The actors in Combat were superb and worked so well together.
lol, always the same bridge in the same town on the same road. the main guys (almost) never die. The Germans always have British or American machine guns and tanks. but i love it.
River bridge. Your absolutely correct it's the actor's and everything else that makes this production one of the best if not the best. Every episode is like a quality movie it sucks you right in. I've been binge watching and at some point I've got to Google who what and where. I have noticed the same German officer from Rat Patrol is in some of these Combat episodes. He doesn't really even have to change caracter.
These men did this on a daily basis until the end of the war, came home, went to work at some manufacturing plant, had a vacation home, raised a family, all knowing what they went through. They deserve a country that lives on with the values that the country once had, no B/S, I would say the only possible thing wrong ,that these brave men ever did, was to spoil their children. We need our country to live up to the bravery, decency that these men showed.They are almost all gone now. Will we let them down, I sure hope not, the few that do fight deserve more than they are getting from the home front for sure, because the War they fight seems to be hidden behind reality shows and corrupt politicians.
Wish we had more like you. America needs a wake up call. This generation is asleep on welfare and never really worried about war. They were making flower necklaces and doing drugs. I have not served but i respect the generations before me for giving us America. I hate seeing it turned into Euro trash socialists. Respect to our vets. Don’t let them down. Democrats are now socialists and in the words of Stalin ,”The goal of socialism is communism.” And don’t get me wrong, the Republicans are not much better. They both have sold us out and sent our manufacturing jobs abroad. Sorry, you got me started.
Michael Smith yea he was , but what i dont understand is his helmet it's out of place the pattern it was not used in Europe. only in the Pacific by marines i could be wrong.
Lawson is a soldier who knows why he is taking calculated risks. That's exactly the way I would have done. Thank you too all veterans and soldiers fighting overseas.
I get the idea of being on a team, but the team leaders should encourage people to take prudent risks especially when they are good at it. Larson saved lives.
@@ppumpkin3282 A good squad leader like Saunders knows how to properly deploy a soldier like Lawson. The issue was that no other platoon knew how to do it.
It seems like Lawson should have joined the Marines where there is unit cohesion and where soldiers are taught to take advantage of opportunities for accomplishing the mission, not to just always do it by the book. On the other hand Saunders who is responsible for the whole squad has a point, there is no 'I' in a squad/team. Also, as usual Kirby is running off with his mouth before he has any understanding of the facts.
Lawson doesn't have the right to take calculated risks! As a US Army Infantry squad leader like Saunders, he doesn't get to move, UNTIL I UNLEASH HIM!!! If he was mine, I would have seen to it that he would have spent the rest of the war peeling potatoes, or washing clothes. Spare your thanks. We have no need of him, or you.
HH was a comedy having little to do with anything historical. I watched all of those when they first aired, and Combat was in a class of its own in terms of direction.
Ricardo Agila / you are correct he played in several TV shows " Rat Patrol " also stared in " Colossus the Forbin project " . he also changed his name to Eric Braeden . he was in several others movies and TV shows . Then settled on a soap opera the name I don't recall but I caught one episode witch also included Robert Clary who played LeBeau in Hogan's Heroes in this episode he was playing a Nazi Hunter and had the picture of Eric Braeden as Captain Detrick from the Rat Patrol even though it was trying to be serious I thought it was hilarious .
I didn’t know that they had eucalyptus trees in France. But the show was very good considering the production values at the time. I watched this show quite a bit when I was a very little boy. It left quite an impression on me, and it didn’t sugarcoat war at all. While it was in production we were in a hot war in Vietnam.
There were not. Also, in many scenes appear other plants not european, like Hihuerillas or Euphorbiaceas. Thats because most of those scenes were recorded in USA or Mexico.
Loved this show growing up. And, I do find it interesting on the philosophy of this episode vs Band of Brothers where LT Spiers gets introduced. And, his philosophy was 'you are already dead, stop trying worry about staying alive and just do your job'...
My father was in WWII and at Pork Chop Hill in Korea. He's told me about a few soldiers he has met that seemed to have an 'aura' about them, like they 'knew' that couldn't get hit. And from he remembers.....they didn't.
@@rooseveltmendoza1761 Why in f*ck would ya' assign the runtiest bastard in the squad with a Browning Automatic Rifle? Way too much weapon for a little pissant like Kirby. Give that B.A.R. to,..oh say ,...Littlejohn. He's big enough to charge folks for fuckin' breathin' and he's carryin' a carbine.
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Yes we did my daddy was a paratrooper with the 82nd airborne 504th mama lost a brother in the Philippines a pilot flying wounded out his C-47 was never found. Imagine that.
Also daddy said the German's we're damn good soldiers. His group were called devils in baggy pants. By the German soldiers and that was all he told all five of us boys.
I remember joining the Boy Scouts and had an ex DI as a scoutmaster. Taught us drill and ceremony and also took us camping all the time. I went to Army-Navy stores all the time and bought everything i could afford from the money I made off of my paper route! I miss the 60's!
Combat! was a great success on television during the Vietnam War because it didn't glorify war. Nevertheless, my Father a WW2 veteran who fought in Europe, couldn't watch. There were too many memories for him. I'm a fan from my grade school days who recently found Combat! on the Heroes & Icons (H&I) station Saturday nights along with Rat Patrol and 12 O'clock High reruns. It's my guilty weekend pleasure.
As a kid I thought a platoon was just 10 men or so. When I found out it should have been over 30 I wondered where everyone else was. Then I got older and found out why a platoon could be so small and still be called a platoon.
In the Combat program you never really saw a full platoon of guys. Hanley would mention a platoon, but you never really saw a full platoon. That would have meant hiring a lot more extras. What you actually saw was closer to a squad. Back in my Army days a squad was around 10-12 guys. Four squads made up a platoon. That would make a platoon size of around 40-48 guys. Saunders' squad was always around 7-8 guys. If you saw someone in the squad that was a "new guy", he generally wound up dead by the end of the show.
"The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends upon it." -Lieutenant Ronald Speirs
The tactics might be a little bogus but I like watching just to check out their gear. A lot of it we were still using in the Marines in the late sixties.
@@TheCorporateCollege Those that have no eyes to see nor ears to hear are a product of our very ill secular society. They have no faith. They are unaware of the lessons of history and afraid of the truth. They live only for pleasure and do not believe in forgiveness of sin. They can even prefer bondage to freedom, a lesson explained in the bible in regard to the Israelites led from bondage in Egypt who griped about the difficulties in the desert and where their next meal was coming from to Moses despite the miracles of God they witnessed. Rather than stand for something they prefer ignorance and even WILFULL blindness. They are sheep in the land of sheep, wolves and sheepdogs and some of them become "useful idiots" - the expendable as described by Lenin. Today we see them in the abortion supporting BLM and the Soros paid antifa who spread violence and pillage cities even as they state the opposite - their actions speak louder than hollow words. Those that protect are sheepdogs. They stand for FAITH. FAMILY, GOD AND COUNTRY. That always leads to peace/happiness in the land but it always needs to be guarded. Peace and freedom can be lost in but one generation and this is plain to see today as western society descends into immorality, sin and darkness.
I disagree. I think the B&W gives a more realistic gritty atmosphere and feel, and makes it seem more like it was really during that time. In color it looks too modernized and makes it appear more Hollywood and not as realistic.
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Thanks for the heads up on the viewer's companion info..just what I've been looking for!! And thanks again for your time and trouble. A devout follower of all your uploaded videos.
Combat and Rat Patrol were my favorite shows growing up in the 60's, we all played "Army" with our projectile shooting toy guns, after high School we all joined the military instead of waiting to be drafted, I could pick a part the show based on real world experience however, I still enjoy watching
+BruceK10032 They make to much noise. Recon is quiet. When I was in training they would make us jump up and down to hear the any noise. Canteens full or empty, sloshing water is loud. And we used to whisper, not talk loudly like these guys do. When we took a break, you don't just flop down in the open but hide. Also when being strafed by planes, you are suppose to kneel down not spread out. From up in the sky, kneeling down you resemble a rock or bush, but spread out you form the outline of a body. I was never in combat, but I went to basic and advanced infantry training at Fort Ord, CA. Expert machine gunner, the trick fire low and the pebbles and dirt that hit the electronic targets count as hits.
Been watching this series since I was 7 years old, I am now a glorious 62-year young, and still like this show. I went in during Desert Storm part 1, due to my interest in National Protection. As I found out, war is not a romantic thing. Some of the action I saw was similar to what is seen on this series. But the friends I met and interacted with, were the greatest heroes no matter what their duty station or road they were on. God bless America.
God bless you and thank you for your service and your brothers in arms.
Every Tuesday night at 7:30 !! Let's not forget
12 O'clock High . Another great series . My dad and I who is a decorated WW2 veteran credited with 78 combat missions over occupied France and Belgium and awarded the " Distinguish Flying Cross " would talk about these shows after watching them . He celebrated his 100th birthday last September .
He is and always will be my hero . My mother's father fought with the " Big Red 1"
in WW1 . He wouldn't talk much about it but he was great grandpa and he had a dog that he loved dearly . I miss him .
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Thanks for sharing your story. And God bless your dad at a hundred years old!!!
My Grandpa also was with the Big Red 1 in WW1, and my Dad was in the Army on a troop ship heading across the Pacific right at the end of WWII. I wish I would've heard more from both of them about their experiences. You are fortunate your dad is willing to share with you.
My thanks to your family for their service and may they 🙏🏼
As a private, in 1980, I had a friend that resembled Vic Morrow, except that he had a scar that went from his upper left eyebrow down to his chin. He didn't have any friends because everybody was afraid of him. He was a forward observer in Hq. battery 2/39 FA. You and I drank whiskey together. You are my friend forever. Respect!
My dad was in the artillery during the war. But never talked about it. He was a veteran of the Pacific theater. We loved to watch Combat with him. When I see scenes of the artillery in these episodes I can understand why my dad’s hearing went first when he got old. The sense of hearing sure takes a brutal beating.
Exciting action packed I can watch episodes all day vic was a great actor never compared to today's garbage tv
We do NOT have actors/ actresses like back in the day. TRAGIC
Garbage is right.
Garbage that's correct. The kids today don't know what good acting is.
The only show that would probably come to this is band of brothers
They can not make shows this good any more. Thanks for posting the best show ever, Combat, power packed with the life lessons and illustrated sermons we need so much in these perilous times, to inspire us to keep on going and to not give up.
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If they made this episode today Lawson would have been shot crossing the bridge at the end.
Boy is'nt that the truth.
@@slim420MM if they made this today Lawson would have entered the army as a man, had a sex change and became a woman, committed espionage and later pardoned by a POS liberal president.
I used to watch this show every week with my grandmom in early 70 's... Vic morrow was my hero.
Combat is so realistic and the stories and actors are all good!
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Combat! was certainly remarkable for the stories and the skill of its actors. Yet, it also attracted some of the greatest established talent of the day as well as emerging artists for guest appearances.
AGREED. In this way, it was much like The Twilight Zone, a series that launched too many great careers to count. As the old saying goes, "They don't make 'em like this anymore."
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Kind of like the beginning of the twilight episode movie with vic morrow which I've always thought was the best of the twilight zone movie .
Miss these guys like crazy. Hello Jack, Lowell, Cinlan. God Bless
Conlan. Sorry. Hope all is well 😁😁😁
Dean Stockwell was just perfect for this part. He can really use his combat skills and courage. The Krauts don't know what hit them. I remember this one from my childhood. Thank you for putting this together for us.
Am watching Maverick was was a favorite
@@patrickleonard113 stop lying...yuh watching Combat lol
Time goes fast don't it? One minute we're kids next were old
Can you imagine if Arnold Stang was sicced on the Krauts? They would have died from laughing!
42:12 look at the bullet hole in the turret. It falls off. Looks like a sticker. Love this show. Whoever put these up, thank you for your time and effort !
Growing up I watched this show with the rest of the family. I started my appreciation for the M1 Garrand because of it. It took many years but I finally got a chance to shoot one. Funny how it just didn't sound the same as in the TV show. :)
The late great Dean Stockwell very good episode one of many, thanks really enjoying these as never seen them before.
amazing show still entertains people today, never missed it when I was a kid in the sixties
Two episodes run every Saturday on antenna tv here in Cincinnati
This was my favorite show as a kid followed by 12 O'Clock High. Those were the days of great Was TV series! Absolutely loved this show then and now.
same here! the loner types, you gotta love them in combat!
The 12 O'Clock producers fired Robert Lansing because they thought he was too old for the part. The ratings never recovered. Idiots.
me too. also Man from UNCLE.
@@ralphsanchico2452 combate. en Latino
@@josephtaddonio6481 Loved U.N.C.L.E David Maccallum is STILL Alive and well!!
Remember the "Girl from U.N.C.L.E "?? With Stephanie Powers as "April Dancer"! She's STILL around, but I don't know about Noel Harrison.
I’m from South American me and my grandpa use to watch combat every week
We where so proud of Americans we always sheer for them
Those are the days where Americans love their country
Now most Americans hate their country
Only the liberals.
We just hate Trump and his henchmen.
I hate liberal socialist communists with no plan except tax everyone to death so they can collect a monthly stipend and sit around on their lazy fat asses and bitch about Trump who has done more for Americans than any president since Eisenhower.
Dean stockwell in episode 31 was. Exceptional. Spectacular. . i watch. Him as a. Kid in so many roles . god bless for. Such entertainment. He brought to our home tv sets . miguel olba.
I the series combat. Back in 1962 . When it first started. I was 14 years old. My favorite TV show after bonanza and surf side six. Vic morrow of combat and Troy donahue surf side six. Those TV programs of the 60' are better. Than today's. Nothing but crime. It brings back memories. I'm 73 old now
Watched combat in the UK, back in the 1960s as a wee boy. After it was finished with my friends we would go down to the wood's an play soldiers magic days.
Watching COMBAT was my motivation to take German language classes during all three years of High School in Davenport IOWA (1967-1970)
a skill set that served me well during my cold war tour of duty in Nuremberg [1976-1979]
I learn German watching Hogan's Heroes. :)
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I was a devoted follower of this show when I was in High School in the 60;s
"Combat!" is one of the few shows that have stood the test of time.
It's so hard to believe that Morrow would now be 84.
Indeed. The longest-running WW2 show of it's kind, and one that actually gave the Germans credit at the end. Although, being from a German family, I picked up some of the fake words that they convinced viewers would pass as real German, LOL I agree though, it was a good show and in a class by itself.
Tampa Bay Lightning Rick Jason and Vic Morrow would not have wanted to grow old in America as it is now. Their deaths were quick.
Stories of selfless courage in a righteous cause will always be appreciated by most of us. We enjoy watching a time when Men were Men without apologizing or denial. When the going got tough, the tough got going.
The fast-paced action has held up well, a lot of old shows seem very slow now, but these guys aren't messing around
I pray Vic is in Heaven. He didn't have an easy life.
Combat takes me back to my childhood 1970...
I'M pretty sure I was about, or just turned, 5 years old when "Combat," just came out. 1961-1962 was its' full year! First full year that is. Anyway, I was glued to that war story series till up about 1966? I think the last full season was 1965-1966.
The tv series ran about 4-4 1/2 years, and amid into the gut of the Vietnam War! With that going on, along with "McHales Navy," and "The Rat Patrol," WW2 tv series were obsolete . TV was bring war home live from every war correspondent , from every news channel, from a hell of lovely vegetation , and really HOT IN TEMPERATURE AND ORDNANCE. A place called South-Vietnam. Great war reality tv. WOW! A good live cast or opposite!
I remember watching this as a kid. There were LOTS of war series on TV back then!
Nothing like Combat though!!!
Wow, what a treat! Dean Stockwell in his 20's. What a long career from the 1940's up to the present. Between his movies (Paris Texas, Air Force One etc) and the well known series (Quantum Leap) Dean Stockwell has stood the test of time as few others have. On another note regarding the terrain in this series, while it does not resemble the landscape fought over in Normandy towards Paris and beyond to the German border, there are areas of southern France that could come closer to matching this type of terrain. It rains or drizzles so much over here in the north, the landscape cannot be arid. Finally, Vic Morrow teaches us what team building is all about. This épisode could almost be
a training film in team cohesion and keeping it that way. Merci pour le téléchargement!
Iain Schofield He also starred with Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Kathryn Grayson in the 1945 musical "Anchors Aweigh".
He was Jack Gretzky in Miami Vice.
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@@ergot57 Actually, I take back what I wrote 7 years ago. While I left Brittany 7 years ago to return to "North" America, I have been told by expert witnesses that there has been an ongoing drought for many months in Western Europe. (Here Brittany) The landscape is very arid and almost tinder dry.
He was in a prep school film where Leo G Carroll is his football coach.
Getting back my memory during kids years in this 2019, Combat is the best war series on those years, RIP Vic Morrow
Totally agree
@@leezeidel3630 I always looked forward to the Combat shows as a kid.
Yes
Kirby is the only one left with us from the squad. Life is too short
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Combat the best movies series on Vietnam tv channel 7 during 1970 .thanks for sharing again.( ARVN south and US veterans ) thankyou 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇹🇼
RIP, Vic! My favorite actor of the time.
So very missed 😭😭😭
That has to be the best theme song ever. I like how they play a soft slow version at the end of the episode.
Watched this show as a kid. Great episode on team work.
Still Spectacular ! This Series was as good as watching "The Longest Day" 10x over.
Budget was obviously much smaller, one a Big Screen Event, (Great Movie), and the other a made for Television Series. The scenes are about as realistic as can be, and I do enjoy seeing the errors left in the film (can), like the Wagon or Van driving by a Battle scene, for about .5 of a second, it is fun. Almost every episode I find has the intensity of "Saving Private Ryan" (Not a bad Movie), the grunge and grit of "Stalag 17" (Fantastic Movie), and the endings aren't so bad.
I REMEMBER this show in 63 , just before they shoot JFK in Nov. That same year. Wow! Thank you. Great show ! They don't make GREAT ACTORS like that today!!! D.P.
Nope, they don't. No good writers anymore either.
Thank you so much for uploading this classic combat movie, i love watching this especially Vic Morrow
Delicious man!!!
I watch the shows I want to be 8 years old all over again
The greatest show in TV history!
I remembered when I was a child at early 80s sitting along with my father watching combat series leading with Vic morrow and rick Jayson, and now when my father's gone it's remind me this historic movie and gave me a lot of sense and importance every watching it.
I've been a fan since it came on TV in the sixty's
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Thanks for posting. I am 60 years old and watch the original episodes. Have not seen Saunders and the group in 45 years and have watch all of the first 4 year episodes. Don't remember them except the one with Brandon De Wilde and the one Hanley and the squad help the woman with aid of the Germans. Always remembered Saunders was the man. Cant believe he didn't go on to bigger things. Everytime I see Hanley leaving early, I say off to the shooting range. What a deal he had
Like a stage, frequently the same ditch, farmhouse, Apple orchard, French village, tree-lined road. But like a stage it is the actor who makes the show. The actors in Combat were superb and worked so well together.
lol, always the same bridge in the same town on the same road.
the main guys (almost) never die.
The Germans always have British or American machine guns and tanks.
but i love it.
matt burnett after awhile, a road is a road, a bridge is a bridge, and there's always 1 more hill...
Good actors have the show indeed
Agree and Vic Morrow was one of the best.
River bridge. Your absolutely correct it's the actor's and everything else that makes this production one of the best if not the best. Every episode is like a quality movie it sucks you right in. I've been binge watching and at some point I've got to Google who what and where. I have noticed the same German officer from Rat Patrol is in some of these Combat episodes. He doesn't really even have to change caracter.
Thank you so much for the memories. I love all this. The USA needs to realized this but it will not unfortunately. God please bless America!
Wow This is a awesome serie! Thanks 👍🏻🌹🌹🇱🇺
These men did this on a daily basis until the end of the war, came home, went to work at some manufacturing plant, had a vacation home, raised a family, all knowing what they went through. They deserve a country that lives on with the values that the country once had, no B/S, I would say the only possible thing wrong ,that these brave men ever did, was to spoil their children. We need our country to live up to the bravery, decency that these men showed.They are almost all gone now. Will we let them down, I sure hope not, the few that do fight deserve more than they are getting from the home front for sure, because the War they fight seems to be hidden behind reality shows and corrupt politicians.
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viet-nam veterans got the same issues...............Viet-Nam 72-73
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Wish we had more like you. America needs a wake up call. This generation is asleep on welfare and never really worried about war. They were making flower necklaces and doing drugs. I have not served but i respect the generations before me for giving us America. I hate seeing it turned into Euro trash socialists. Respect to our vets. Don’t let them down. Democrats are now socialists and in the words of Stalin ,”The goal of socialism is communism.” And don’t get me wrong, the Republicans are not much better. They both have sold us out and sent our manufacturing jobs abroad. Sorry, you got me started.
This is a movie OK? Ist made in Hollywood not France!
As a kid. I use to watch this and afterwards I wanna go play with my army men. Lol!
great show--love old war footage--Vic Morror was great
Michael Smith yea he was , but what i dont understand is his helmet it's out of place the pattern it was not used in Europe. only in the Pacific by marines i could be wrong.
You are correct. He got it from his brother that was a Marine in the Pacific.
Correction: Turns out the helmet cover is made from camo parachute material.
@@davidodell8781 Honors his brother!!!
Has anyone else noticed that some of the episode titles are oddly named, as this one is? Loved the series then and still do...
Lawson is a soldier who knows why he is taking calculated risks. That's exactly the way I would have done. Thank you too all veterans and soldiers fighting overseas.
I get the idea of being on a team, but the team leaders should encourage people to take prudent risks especially when they are good at it. Larson saved lives.
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@@ppumpkin3282 A good squad leader like Saunders knows how to properly deploy a soldier like Lawson. The issue was that no other platoon knew how to do it.
It seems like Lawson should have joined the Marines where there is unit cohesion and where soldiers are taught to take advantage of opportunities for accomplishing the mission, not to just always do it by the book. On the other hand Saunders who is responsible for the whole squad has a point, there is no 'I' in a squad/team.
Also, as usual Kirby is running off with his mouth before he has any understanding of the facts.
Lawson doesn't have the right to take calculated risks! As a US Army Infantry squad leader like Saunders, he doesn't get to move, UNTIL I UNLEASH HIM!!! If he was mine, I would have seen to it that he would have spent the rest of the war peeling potatoes, or washing clothes. Spare your thanks. We have no need of him, or you.
I personally liked Lawson's style. He got the sniper and the machine gun nest in the barn. The guy was good as a loner.
This was my favorite show when I was a kid and then Rat patrol
+stelthy100, Wrong...Combat...then 12 Oclock High. Rat Patrol a distant 6th.
Combat, 12 O'Clock High, Rat Patrol. All great shows. The best was definitely Hogan's Heroes.
HH was a comedy having little to do with anything historical. I watched all of those when they first aired, and Combat was in a class of its own in terms of direction.
stelthy100 if my memory recalls the actor playing the German commander's name is Hans Gudegast.
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he played in several TV shows " Rat Patrol "
also stared in " Colossus the Forbin project " . he also changed his name to Eric Braeden . he was in several others movies and TV shows .
Then settled on a soap opera the name I don't recall but I caught one episode witch also included Robert Clary who played LeBeau in Hogan's Heroes in this episode he was playing a Nazi Hunter and had the picture of Eric Braeden as Captain Detrick from the Rat Patrol even though it was trying to be serious I thought it was hilarious .
Combat and the Rat Patrol where the best series ever.💨💨💨
Rat Patrol sucked!
@@christopherkalble4373 it was good for its time you had to be there.
Plus my mother wanted to watch The Lucy Show.
I didn’t know that they had eucalyptus trees in France. But the show was very good considering the production values at the time. I watched this show quite a bit when I was a very little boy. It left quite an impression on me, and it didn’t sugarcoat war at all. While it was in production we were in a hot war in Vietnam.
There were not. Also, in many scenes appear other plants not european, like Hihuerillas or Euphorbiaceas. Thats because most of those scenes were recorded in USA or Mexico.
Loved this show growing up. And, I do find it interesting on the philosophy of this episode vs Band of Brothers where LT Spiers gets introduced. And, his philosophy was 'you are already dead, stop trying worry about staying alive and just do your job'...
Exactly and Amen. A prior service Army Sergeant.
My father was in WWII and at Pork Chop Hill in Korea. He's told me about a few soldiers he has met that seemed to have an 'aura' about them, like they 'knew' that couldn't get hit. And from he remembers.....they didn't.
Dean Stockwell is one cool lil' dude!
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Great episode. Stockwell does a perfect acting job. You don't see Saunders offering a cigarette to someone very often so that ending was special.
Nice observation. They ended the episode with a gesture, which said more than any speech could.
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" Kirby, how can you listen to so much without hearing anything?" iconic.
I like kirby wd his BAR....
@@rooseveltmendoza1761 Why in f*ck would ya' assign the runtiest bastard in the squad with a Browning Automatic Rifle? Way too much weapon for a little pissant like Kirby. Give that B.A.R. to,..oh say ,...Littlejohn. He's big enough to charge folks for fuckin' breathin' and he's carryin' a carbine.
The real footage of the Germans artillery onslaugt was amazing.
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I am in my sixties daddy was a paratrooper and i was a soldier also. Love the show.
Thanks so much for up loading these Combat episodes!!! You are the best! :)
I love this move combat
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One of the best episodes. That was when shit was real, had meaning, not like today...
Enjoyed it. Has been many years since I saw an episode.
Thanks. Peace.
Thanks for sharing. Watching from European Union, Lithuania.
Ich schaue aus die Europäische Union, Litauen.
Die schöne Episode.
The great episode.
Woulda been nice to see some more Lawson in the rest of the series. A lot of these guest stars I wish were regulars.
I think Lawson was a great strategist. Couldn’t be counted on for cover but just put him on point.
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Bravo, Dean! As always. :)
Modern kids watch sesame street we watched combat. That's the difference
Yes we did my daddy was a paratrooper with the 82nd airborne 504th mama lost a brother in the Philippines a pilot flying wounded out his C-47 was never found. Imagine that.
Also daddy said the German's we're damn good soldiers. His group were called devils in baggy pants. By the German soldiers and that was all he told all five of us boys.
Commando Count one hand grenade ha ha ha Two Handgrenades hahaha
Three hand grenades Ha ha ha.
Yer I agree we watched action films and still do.
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A GREAT SHOW
I’m growing up with this tv program... the bst ever
Yeah,, it is!!!
I remember joining the Boy Scouts and had an ex DI as a scoutmaster. Taught us drill and ceremony and also took us camping all the time. I went to Army-Navy stores all the time and bought everything i could afford from the money I made off of my paper route! I miss the 60's!
Got to love Kirby when he said to Lawson "after you superman".
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I remember watching this show in my country in the early seventies, fell in love with it. Glad to see episodes here on UA-cam.
Combat! was a great success on television during the Vietnam War because it didn't glorify war. Nevertheless, my Father a WW2 veteran who fought in Europe, couldn't watch. There were too many memories for him. I'm a fan from my grade school days who recently found Combat! on the Heroes & Icons (H&I) station Saturday nights along with Rat Patrol and 12 O'clock High reruns. It's my guilty weekend pleasure.
I watched these combat films from TV when I was about 8 years old in Vietnam while my country was in war.
A combat episode that marks civilian/ company - employee`s ways of thinking or performance even nowadays
I saw Rick Jason in Clarksville tennessee years ago and he was very nice and gave me his autograph
As a kid I thought a platoon was just 10 men or so. When I found out it should have been over 30 I wondered where everyone else was. Then I got older and found out why a platoon could be so small and still be called a platoon.
In the Combat program you never really saw a full platoon of guys. Hanley would mention a platoon, but you never really saw a full platoon. That would have meant hiring a lot more extras. What you actually saw was closer to a squad. Back in my Army days a squad was around 10-12 guys. Four squads made up a platoon. That would make a platoon size of around 40-48 guys. Saunders' squad was always around 7-8 guys. If you saw someone in the squad that was a "new guy", he generally wound up dead by the end of the show.
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my favorite combat episode
"The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends upon it." -Lieutenant Ronald Speirs
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+sojutime "Die while you are alive. Be ABSOLUTELY Dead. Then, Do Whatever You Want! It's ALL Good." Quoted from Bunan, Japanese Zen Master c.1670
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The writing has withstood the test of time, great scripts, adequate acting.
True, unlike the garbage that is spewed out today
Dean Stockwell. All the way from The Happy Years thru The Boy with the Green Hair to Quantum Leap..
just as exciting as when i was as a kid
The more you watch of this series, the more critical you become of squad tactics...but then you realize it doesn't matter...
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The tactics might be a little bogus but I like watching just to check out their gear. A lot of it we were still using in the Marines in the late sixties.
THE MOVIE IS OLD BEFORE 1975, BUT VERY GOOD, I WAS JUST A CHILD VERY ENJOYED THIS FILM, PLEASE DON'T REMOVE THANKS. July 23, 2021
Sergeant : "Kirby how can you listen to SO much without hearing ANYTHING!"
Great quote that applies to most persons.
@@TheCorporateCollege Those that have no eyes to see nor ears to hear are a product of our very ill secular society. They have no faith. They are unaware of the lessons of history and afraid of the truth. They live only for pleasure and do not believe in forgiveness of sin. They can even prefer bondage to freedom, a lesson explained in the bible in regard to the Israelites led from bondage in Egypt who griped about the difficulties in the desert and where their next meal was coming from to Moses despite the miracles of God they witnessed. Rather than stand for something they prefer ignorance and even WILFULL blindness. They are sheep in the land of sheep, wolves and sheepdogs and some of them become "useful idiots" - the expendable as described by Lenin. Today we see them in the abortion supporting BLM and the Soros paid antifa who spread violence and pillage cities even as they state the opposite - their actions speak louder than hollow words. Those that protect are sheepdogs. They stand for FAITH. FAMILY, GOD AND COUNTRY. That always leads to peace/happiness in the land but it always needs to be guarded. Peace and freedom can be lost in but one generation and this is plain to see today as western society descends into immorality, sin and darkness.
Excellent writers! Loved this show as a kid in the 60's..and no 'gore'!!
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Love appears. USA 4 each other's experiences
Amor....
Count on earth eachother...gino
This is a textbook historical experience. USA accept each other trust
Dean Stockwell he was good in Quantum leap also and I'm sure in plenty more. RIP
He died today June 12th 2020 RIP
A problem presented with such a man is that the squad could depend on him to do the job. They could hesitate, waiting for him to act.
Great episode.
every Friday night at 9pm of the 60's, TTV (Taiwan Television Co.), a good memory of my childhood.
jealousy gets you no where, I would be honor to have that brave solider in my platoon.
Lawson was too cool 😎
Dude should have gotten the medal of honor 🎖
No wokeness no crying rooms no time out advisers...REAL MEN ...risking their bacon!!!
lawson was operating on a whole different level.
+William Smith maybe he had a high IQ or he just had a nothing to lose mentality.
I sure wish they would have made more episodes of Combat in color but I still enjoyed watching the show when I was younger.
I disagree. I think the B&W gives a more realistic gritty atmosphere and feel, and makes it seem more like it was really during that time. In color it looks too modernized and makes it appear more Hollywood and not as realistic.
MAY 7,1963 is the broadcast date for this COMBAT episode HIGH NAMED TODAY so hey! why not check out the TOP POP SONGS of MAY 7,1963 and here we go: HE,S SO FINE.CHIFFONS. CAN,T GET USED TO LOSING YOU.ANDY WILLIAMS. END OF THE WORLD.SKEETER DAVIS. OUR DAY WILL COME.RUBY/ROMANTICS. I WILL FOLLOW HIM.LITTLE PEGGY MARCH. YOUNG LOVERS.PAUL AND PAULA. MR.BASS MAN.JOHNNY CYMBAL. PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON.PETER,PAUL,MARY. PIPELINE.CHANTAYS. ON BROADWAY.DRIFTERS. IF YOU WANNA BE HAPPY.JIMMY SOUL. FOOLISH LITTLE GIRL.SHIRELLES. REVEREND MR. BLACK.KINGSTON TRIO. I LOVE YOU BECAUSE.AL MARTINO. MECCA.GENE PITNEY. 2 FACES HAVE I.LOU CHRISTY. TAKE THESE CHAINS.RAY CHARLES. IT,S MY PARTY.LESLEY GORE. DA DOO RON RON.CRYSTALS. SUKIYAKI.KIYO SAKAMOTO. BLUE ON BLUE.BOBBY VINTON. STILL.BILL ANDERSON. THOSE LAZY,CRAZY,HAZY DAYS OF SUMMER.NAT KING COLE. 18 YELLOW ROSES.BOBBY DARIN. HELLO STRANGER.BARBARA LEWIS. ONE FINE DAY.CHIFFONS. WHAT WILL MY MARY SAY?.JOHNNY MATHIS******There you go with all those TOP POP SONGS heard on WMCA/WABC AM RADIO all day and night during MAY 7,1963*********
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Thanks for the heads up on the viewer's companion info..just what I've been looking for!!
And thanks again for your time and trouble. A devout follower of all your uploaded videos.
Combat and Rat Patrol were my favorite shows growing up in the 60's, we all played "Army" with our projectile shooting toy guns, after high School we all joined the military instead of waiting to be drafted, I could pick a part the show based on real world experience however, I still enjoy watching
This series constantly comes up with the most amazing stuff. Why are "armored half-tracks" "not recon vehicles"?
+BruceK10032 They make to much noise. Recon is quiet. When I was in training they would make us jump up and down to hear the any noise. Canteens full or empty, sloshing water is loud. And we used to whisper, not talk loudly like these guys do. When we took a break, you don't just flop down in the open but hide.
Also when being strafed by planes, you are suppose to kneel down not spread out. From up in the sky, kneeling down you resemble a rock or bush, but spread out you form the outline of a body. I was never in combat, but I went to basic and advanced infantry training at Fort Ord, CA. Expert machine gunner, the trick fire low and the pebbles and dirt that hit the electronic targets count as hits.
They meant like a Volkswagen Thing