At my age now, in my 60's, having served in the US Army and National Guard for 20 years and the Gulf War, 1990-91', this show has a lot more impact on me now as a man than it did as a boy, because you see things from so many different perspectives....This show is one of the greatest quality shows I think I have ever seen...Every single episode was thought out and it leaves you thinking, leaves you with some sort of lesson to bring with you...Some of these episodes, like this one, will stay with me for days after.....They sometimes really get to me....
Amen Brother! Life today is hell I'm 68 and looks like our war is going to here in our backyard! When it comes to that we will meet up! Hope there's a lot like Us!!
Outstanding acting and plots aside, each show seemed to touch on the human element of war and conflict. This is something I missed as a kid growing up and watching every week. But now, as an adult, I can enjoy the deeper morals this show never failed to roll into the raw drama. A priceless gem that can be enjoyed by any generation!
DEFINITELY. I wish the SUITS back them could have appreciated it more and gave them St least one more season to end of water and NOT in color. Even today some of these shows make a lot of money for a lot of ppl and then they are discarded like they didn't matter; they did/ do!!!!
I was five years old at the time they put my show on,, it brings back memories. My dad was in world war 2. All the veterans I salute you God Bless America
Thanks,mister, I'm so glad that you posted this episode. I distinctly remember watching this with my glider pilot Dad and him explaining to me the dynamic between Saunders, the old noncom and the German kid while they're riding in the truck. It's a very good memory. Luv ya, Dad...
this is a great video. So many episodes of Combat! remind me of 'All Quiet On The Western Front'. There is never glory in war. There are some glorious people in it.
Marvelous episode. The finale is simply heart rending. Outstanding writing and Vic Morrow's superb acting come together to produce an unforgettable poignant moment.
Vic Morrow, more than any other actor I've ever watched, knew when to hold back. He was dramatic even when he said nothing. Perhaps he obtained that excellence in brooding in his work as a stage.actor, particularly in Shakespeare in the early 1950s.
+Gregory Powers : I had to watch a few episodes of this show before I began to really appreciate Mr. Morrow. He is superb in this show. So sad how he died. Rick Jason (Lt. Hanley)committed suicide in his later years. Such tragic ends.
I find it interesting how this is called "odyssey" and how in the odyssey, Odyssius' had a one eyed cyclops as his nemesis (intimidating german with eye patch). when Odysseus returned to his home he was dressed up in a disguise by Hera. (wearing the german uniform).
I so treasure the way this episode started. See, Combat makes you 'think outside the box. Sgt. Saunders was in a precarious position - but we did not know why. He then played 'the game' in front of him, making the best of the support others. And won in the end . . . the American way!
Little John...wounded in every episode...must have earned 70 purple hearts as a wounded television soldier...also got people killed with his handgrenade fumbling!
This was the first episode of Combat I ever watched and, missing the first half, I was more then a bit surprised when this German with a head wound announced he was an American sergeant at the end. That said, the Germans being shown to be human, and Saunders lamenting the death of the German NCO, really impressed me.
They used some common words in English and German so we could understand. Subtitles would’ve ruined it because of trying to read multiple voices in a scene. Just grateful …
Bert Freed as the human German Sergeant. And Bing Russell (Kurt Russell's father) as a POW on the train, for only 30 seconds, even though he was by then a very prominent actor. Everybody wanted to be on this show.
EVERYONE!!! That's why I DEFINITELY know Vic was blacklisted. Vic was very very smart and excellent at his craft and yet poor Vic had a hard time being cast; only in a couple of projects!!! Vic, I wish you knew how much you're missed and loved,😪🕊️🙏🎷😍💖🎸🎵🎹🎶❤️📯🙏🕊️ God bless you
Combat series produced a lot of good episodes, I have seen so many since I have found it on youtube!! Thanks again for the person who down load the combat series and that's to UA-cam for keeping them on.
A friend of mine's Father was captured at the Battle of the Bulge. As a young infantryman, deep in German territory, he said the thought of escaping was not realistic and never really crossed his mind. Once you're captured the war is over for you. The only reason to even attempt an escape is if the conditions of your captivity are horrible and even then it's pretty much suicide to try an escape. No dishonor in being captured if you had no choice.
I fought communist bandits. Capture was not an option for me. I carried a pistol (of not much use in combat) for the just in case situations - namely a ghastly wound or the chance of capture by those scum.
My father in law was a medic at Bastogne. I hate to bring this into these comments but trump once said he didn’t like people who were captured in war. He was making a dig at John McCain who had lost to Obama in 2008. Tramp also said that the soldiers and marines who went to Vietnam were suckers for that and he never liked being around wounded veterans. John Kelly his chief of staff was ordered to never bring wounded or disabled veterans around him or the White House. And yet so many of these guys worship him. UNBELIEVABLE …
@@manuelbermudez211 Hopefully thought Americans vote for a party that reflects their ideals. If you are liberal you vote for democrats, if conservative- Republican. The candidate on the ticket hardly matters. You are foolish if you vote, or don't vote, for a personality. Vote for the party's platform.
This episode was the best so far (and there have been many, many good ones). Vic Morrow as Saunders is superb! I always know that it's going to be a good episode when Saunders is in it. Thanks for uploading this show. Brings back so many memories...
+David Davidson No question about that Dave. At this point I am wondering how the writers keep coming up with good material. Yes, beginning to see a lot of repetition in the story lines but they always add something that makes the episode special. This episode reminds me of the incident when a Luftwaffe pilot was scrambled to intercept a B-17 that was badly damage, only to escort it back to England. The pilot of the B-17 and the German pilot became friends after the war. Too bad "Saunders" did not have the same opportunity. During Combat!s initial presentation lived outside the country for two years and now realize how many episodes I missed among the repeats. I wish my Dad was still alive, we would have spent hours watching this together on UA-cam.
One of the interesting things the show did was not only were they having the Germans speak German, but they didn't subtitle them. So when you had these characters speaking you wondered what was going to happen if you didn't understand the language. For me it helped in immersing myself into the show.
Even when they spoke German, you kind of knew what was being said by facial expressions…which was an art in itself…they could have easily used subtitles but they knew most viewers got the messages…..people were a bit smarter back then!
The miseries of war! Decent men fighting on both sides with compassion in the their hearts and hatred for killing.Even in the midst of blood thirsty combat there is comradery. The german sergeant was a christian and a good samaritan and he was a soldier who felt a sense of duty to fight on though the battle was lost and though for a brutal dictatorship. He died for duty when he could have lived. Sarge had to shoot him out of duty though he wanted to save his life.Thus men came out of this hellish scenario scarred emotionally unless they can move forward in their faith in God and his creation.
Even as a believer you are still scarred. God willing, in time, and depending on your lifestyle and ppl you hang out with can help you move on to a better place.
Another great episode. German corporal sees Saunders campaign ribbons and knows he's been thru Hell when young private was flippin shit. Then later breaks down and gets one in the back.
True. In the bell tower episode, commenters ask why Saunders is only covering one ear. If they'd ever run that many blanks through a Thompson with no ear-pro, they'd know his right ear is probably as bad as mine, and I was a 106 RR gunner. Huh? Wha? HUH? WHADJA SAAAAAY?
I vaguely remember this episode back in 1965, Sgt. Saunders actor Vic Morrow, it's hard to see him wear that Kraut uniform. He looks sharp wearing his U.S. Army uniform. I have been watching this old show again for the almost two years. It's been a good experience.
+KurtB : Same here. I just watched this episode on H&I last night and had to see it again. Pretty unusual for a American 1960s WWII show to have GIs retreating and getting killed. Saunders even felt empathy for the hefty German sergeant(?) at the end. This was one of the better episodes.
Just got the H&I channel myself like 2 weeks ago. *Certainly a most WELCOME ADDITION* after several years of just 2 channels with rabbit ears. Been *getting dialed in on the 3 new DS9 Voyager and Archer and the Enterprise with Archer.* Years ago watched these when I had Dish.
Hollywood had to , there were too many men watching in 1963-8 that were there . Now that most of them are gone , the propaganda they parade out of Hollywood seems real after seeing it over and over.
@@kathymcmahon6582 i didn't know this,i know he was a helluva man,he was even trying to protect the children when the copter got them,he is one of my heroes,we all miss him,utube his other movies,some was when he was first starting incredible actor and human being,god rest his soul,take care kathy
My father in law used to sneer when I would take my pills at night. One night I got fed up with him and asked what’s wrong with me taking pills before bed. I said you take pills every day. He said that he had medical stuff that he took pills for where I didn’t have heart or kidney or cancer or anything else for me to take pills. I said that’s right !!! It’s to prevent me from getting those illnesses. Then I got really into his face and said “ your daughter was a widow when I married her. Do you want her to be a widow AGAIN !!! “ I then said “ you were a medic at Bastogne. Didn’t you give drugs to prevent infection or for pain or anything else ? Well I’m taking pills so I don’t DIE ON HER !!! “. I went to bed really pissed at him. But the next morning he apologized and said that he understood better. Then we each had a beer for breakfast. My wife his daughter yelled at us all day over that. We became good friends after that. But he was always grouchy. I miss him a lot …
No way could they produce a quality weekly tv show like that today. For one thing todays young actors would be over acting, trying to be cool and upstage the scene like most unbelievable tv shows today. Plus the writing talent is gone. Most of todays tv shows belong in the same barrel with todays bad music.
Yrexactley write I know for a fact my brother didn't 4 no reason in the 60s because he knew that he was eventually was going to name because he tried then explain to me hate to and I was about 7 years old and remember it like it was yesterday because he would catch a bus down town to Harveys or Cain slopes an all the other hobbies shops and I at least 7 or 8 years old was in seventh haven't because i was with my hero knèw we were going to lose him but at least he didn't have to go òver there my moma thought it was a blessing he died here instead of there . Marcus the forces lucky 2 be here love and all u too tudalloue .
they too were considered pale compared to their elders classic agism there, method acting sheesh! west side story, ghastly, fred estair, bing crosby- quality goods. henry fonda thats how its done.
It would be interesting to find out how many times Saunders was captured, wounded, or what his kill count was. I don't know if the story background about Saunders was that he was in North Africa or Italy prior to D-Day. I know in the starting of the series he was in England and crossed the channel to Normandy on June 6, 1944. Watched this as a kid, with my dad, who was a WW 2 vet.
Thats the difference between the lower ranks (usually young) and higher ranks like sargents and officers (usually older). Older military personel knew that if they excaped, it took 10 people (or more) off the front line to look for them, thus saving lives. One life might be lost trying to escape, yet save 10 on the line, potentially causing the enemy to lose ground and hopefully lose the war that much faster.
Besides the ones doing the escape from the historical STALAG Camp usually had been trained to survive under those circumstances. So I can understand why not everyone wanted to follow Saunders of the train.
Wow! To you, GR160289. Interesting... Awesome collection you have. Thanks, in ways that could fill a few books.... Like, back, to early-mid 60s... On black and white TV... With a Mid-winter blizzard blowing hard, outside... Me, still working to get the kitchen inspection ready... My Stepfather, staying up, after the late News... (CBS, ABC, or NBC, or, UHF, PBS). To watch, "Combat." Now, as I watch, what I could only hear, back then... I find myself, in him... Both of us, Vets. But, from his perspective...Back then.. Running a small dairy operation. Still fresh, from WWII... He was Army... Sgt... On Iwo Jima, for the B-52s.... To the end of the war.... Which tends to mean Air Corps. And, he probably went in.... '42...?... To be a "Supply Chief"... Sgt...!...??? And, some Japanese were still there, too!... Doing night ops... Leaving sign, with yellow paint... Hoping there'd be some animals alive at morn...
"Afrika Korps"!...The old veterans (Kameraden) looked out for each other, the irony they show here is that it ended up badly for the sentimental sergeant...C'est La Guerre... :-(
For once,there should have been sub-titles.At about 39:00 The young German says"Coward",and the feldwbel answers"Coward?Simulant?Afrikakorps,Wounded-badge(Purple Heart),close-combat badge.What did you get,kid,a kiss from mother...?"
I’ve remembered this episode a lot during my life. Since it’s season 3 I’ve been remembering it for 57 years now. I remember when he was on the train and they tried to light the cigarette and when the officer tossed him the rifle and he caught it. And then the other Sargent trying to explain how it was a reaction when he caught the rifle. My uncle Joe explained that part to me. Just reminiscing …
Nothing like a good artillery barrage to start a COMBAT! episode. The 25th Division that Ernst Keller is supposed to belong to was not part of the Afrika Korps. It was on the Eastern front during that period and was later almost destroyed in the Soviet Bagration offensive. It was reorganized and sent to the Western front where it fought against the 506th PIR during the Market Garden offensive (portrayed in Band of Brothers). It was later involved in Operation Nordwind, the last German offensive action in the West in late December, 1944-early January, 1945. This is the only action it was involved in that fits the episode except that it was fought during a brutal winter. Possibly Keller could have been transferred into the 25th. It is curious that the unit that picked Keller/Saunders up would have taken him--an invalid as they thought--into the front lines with them. That may have been the thought the sergeant had when his CO ordered him to bring Saunders/Keller along. Loved the sensitivity Saunders shows him at the end.
@@billboth4814 Vic/Ernst is 25th inf reg and the DAK sargeant is supppsedly 241, i saw the 361 regiment was in DAK but didnt find 25..... double check, here is a link.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_German_Army_(1935%E2%80%931945)#/media/File:Wehrmacht_uniforms_and_insignia.jpg Also, here is one for you.. which medal is the one-eyed cyclopean German medical officer wearing..? It isnt the Iron Cross 1st clas, but actually the war merit cross in silver with crossed swords awarded to non-combatants "....given to soldiers for exceptional service "not in direct connection with combat"...
@@algorithm4390 Can find nothing to indicate that there was a 25th regiment...only for 25th Panzer Grenadiers Division which was on the Eastern front when the Afrika Korps was fighting.
@@billboth4814 Hi BB, It's code! As someone said in another comment, the one-eyed german medical officer - with war merit cross - represents Cyclops and i realise now there are 24 books in both the odyssey and the iliad so "25' is merely "Book 25! this was back when most teachers and professors had greater familiarity with ancient literature. Probably more paralells too... (.. well the friendly Sargeant is 241, which bears out the coding 24 +1)
U.S. tactical vehicles in the 1970s didn't need keys, except for possibly the new (then) powerwagon 5/4-ton trucks which replaced the old slow (except when you got off road) AM General 5/4-tons. A WWII version of the cavalry to the rescue.
Often under penality of death. They knew who possessed the firearms because of registration. An acquaintance from England recently told me of how betrayed the people of the UK feel because of the oppressive gun laws, as well as the goverment doing nothing about the Islamification of his country. Firearm registration allows this to happen. No one has ever been able to present a viable explanation to me, how registration prevents firearm related criminal acts. I know I'm preaching to the choir.
One thing I have discerned from this series, once a man entered the German army his name was changed to Hans. Reckon that made it easier to call them by their first names, and make things more personable in the Wermacht.
The message here, about the humanity on both sides of that conflict - in which the Nazis clearly needed to be utterly defeated - is very important. It resonates even more deeply, if you understand the dialogue. Please add accurate subtitles for this. Who knew the wonderful Burt Freed (playing the sergeant)spoke such good German?
@@manuelbermudez211 If your objective is to make one side look entirely good, and the other side appear to be incomprehensibly evil, sure. Ignore the complexities that would reveal a better understanding of history in general, and this conflict in particular.
I remember the scene with the hefty German sergeant getting shot from when I was 5 or 6. I thought he was an American sergeant being shot by one of his own men. I guess I was partly right. As I recall, it was daylight when I saw it, not the usual Tuesday at 7:oo p.m. In any case, I've come to the first episode that I remember, albeit imperfectly, as a child. I used to watch Combat every Tuesday night wearing my monkey helmet, my plastic canteen, my cap grenade, and my green plastic rifle. I'm hoping to catch other scenes that I remember, from here on. The other mystery scene was a G.I. calling out to a guy named Frank, who responds with something like,"Ba ba" and then gets hit with an explosion. The other G.I. then takes him to the aid station. They tell him that the guy is dead but he doesn't believe it. I've watched several old war movies hoping to find that scene but so far no luck. Maybe it's on one of the upcoming Combat episodes. I love jogging my memory.
After my Camo Helmet broke into two, I too had the monkey helmet, grenades and had Saunders Thompson. I think you might be talking about the movie 'Attack' with Jack Palance, Eddie Albert and William Smithers who played the German Lt. a couple episodes back, when they had the truce to look for the lost baby.
right Gary...seems hit would of continued his 'act' by not catching the rifle...I think the German (officer)? caught on and was suspicious thereafter ~ otherwise, great acting my Vic ~
I was thinking it would make the suspicious guy even more suspicious, but some of the younger guys who’d grown up as Hitler Youth might’ve thought it was an ingrained automatic reaction.
There’s probably talent out there that can write if given a chance. It’s just you have to find them. I agree with you though they can’t afford to produce these kind of shows without money. Good directors producers writers script writers. Original story lines. Truth makeup artists. Costume designers set designers. All that involves making a great tv show. I wish they could make these now but they won’t bother.
If I remember correctly, the cast of Combat went through Boot Camp so they could be prepared for the series. I doubt if any of the actors of today could pass through Boot Camp today, unless it was through the ones that were made for women, and even then I have my doubts.
One thing that has confused me with this show is that they usually refer to German sergeants as "Feldwebel" when speaking German but every now and again a German calls his Feldwebel "Sergeant." An in this episode they called Saunders "Corporal" instead of Unteroffizier or Obergefreiter.
Saunders is a an E-5 Sergeant, therefore isn't he also Feldwebel? Unless of course the Krauts made a mistake. I have said it before and I'll say it again....Saunders. DAS UBER FELDWEBEL!!!!.... HAHAHA Bosche!!!
Today was Vic's birthday. Always loved watching him, since I was 7. He was extremely talented. The whole squad was like family. Love this show.
Happy heavenly bday, Vic. Rip😢❤
At my age now, in my 60's, having served in the US Army and National Guard for 20 years and the Gulf War, 1990-91', this show has a lot more impact on me now as a man than it did as a boy, because you see things from so many different perspectives....This show is one of the greatest quality shows I think I have ever seen...Every single episode was thought out and it leaves you thinking, leaves you with some sort of lesson to bring with you...Some of these episodes, like this one, will stay with me for days after.....They sometimes really get to me....
Tku for your service. A true soldier at heart.
Amen Brother! Life today is hell I'm 68 and looks like our war is going to here in our backyard! When it comes to that we will meet up! Hope there's a lot like Us!!
Thank you for your service and God bless you and keep all of you safe and healthy.
Outstanding acting and plots aside, each show seemed to touch on the human element of war and conflict. This is something I missed as a kid growing up and watching every week. But now, as an adult, I can enjoy the deeper morals this show never failed to roll into the raw drama. A priceless gem that can be enjoyed by any generation!
DEFINITELY. I wish the SUITS back them could have appreciated it more
and gave them St least one more season to end of water and NOT in color. Even today some of these shows make a lot of money for a lot of ppl and then they are discarded like they didn't matter; they did/ do!!!!
This is a truly exceptional episode - a Combat! masterpiece! I've seen them all, and "Odyssey" easily ranks among the top three in the entire series.
High quality TV, at 67 years old I see why I lived for these episodes. It’s how I conducted myself ever since.
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Great! Great! Great episode! As usual the great and unforgettable Vic Morrow. The way that Saunders respected the dead german sergeant was incredible!
you said it respect,sometimes that's all we got to go on
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I was five years old at the time they put my show on,, it brings back memories. My dad was in world war 2. All the veterans I salute you God Bless America
Thanks,mister, I'm so glad that you posted this episode. I distinctly remember watching this with my glider pilot Dad and him explaining to me the dynamic between Saunders, the old noncom and the German kid while they're riding in the truck. It's a very good memory. Luv ya, Dad...
this is a great video. So many episodes of Combat! remind me of 'All Quiet On The Western Front'. There is never glory in war. There are some glorious people in it.
That is correct: no war is glorious.what is glorious is the temple of the combatants no.matter theyre german american or else!
Marvelous episode. The finale is simply heart rending. Outstanding writing and Vic Morrow's superb acting come together to produce an unforgettable poignant moment.
I watched Combat as a boy with my father, a WW2, 3rd Army vet, and again as an adult but I somehow never saw this one before. An excellent episode.
It's amazing but every single episode of Combat was simply superb!
Vic Morrow, more than any other actor I've ever watched, knew when to hold back. He was dramatic even when he said nothing. Perhaps he obtained that excellence in brooding in his work as a stage.actor, particularly in Shakespeare in the early 1950s.
+Gregory Powers : I had to watch a few episodes of this show before I began to really appreciate Mr. Morrow. He is superb in this show. So sad how he died.
Rick Jason (Lt. Hanley)committed suicide in his later years. Such tragic ends.
Thanks for the information, he doesn't need to say a word, to get the words said.
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That's Method acting he studied that its really brainwashing yourself into believing it was really happening
I find it interesting how this is called "odyssey" and how in the odyssey, Odyssius' had a one eyed cyclops as his nemesis (intimidating german with eye patch). when Odysseus returned to his home he was dressed up in a disguise by Hera. (wearing the german uniform).
I so treasure the way this episode started. See, Combat makes you 'think outside the box. Sgt. Saunders was in a precarious position - but we did not know why. He then played 'the game' in front of him, making the best of the support others. And won in the end . . . the American way!
The American way !!!
Fantastic episode. TY for posting. Morrow was such an underrated actor.
I really wish Vic knew that. Vic was blacklisted for sure by the idiot SUITS for not being afraid to speak up for what was right and fair!!!!
@@kathymcmahon6582 Maybe not so much underrated in his time but totally forgotten by now.
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And should have had a much more prolific career as a director.
Me too. This episode ranks right up there with my 10 most favorites, probably # 2 on my list.
Just love Sergeant Saunders.
Love love love Vic.
I miss you like crazy. I miss all the guys!!!
Can you tell us your top 10. I just watched the one with Charles Bronson, it was very good.
I thought this was a very strange episode and I luuuuuuuvvvvvv Vic.
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Little John...wounded in every episode...must have earned 70 purple hearts as a wounded television soldier...also got people killed with his handgrenade fumbling!
This was the first episode of Combat I ever watched and, missing the first half, I was more then a bit surprised when this German with a head wound announced he was an American sergeant at the end. That said, the Germans being shown to be human, and Saunders lamenting the death of the German NCO, really impressed me.
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Probably one of the top ten best episodes. In my opinion.
One of the best episode ever, probably # 5 on my list ...I didn't take a break for 48 minutes 100% Good Drama well directed..!!!
Funny that even when they spoke German, you kind of knew what was being said…. No need for subtitles…which is an art in itself!
They used some common words in English and German so we could understand. Subtitles would’ve ruined it because of trying to read multiple voices in a scene. Just grateful …
Bert Freed as the human German Sergeant. And Bing Russell (Kurt Russell's father) as a POW on the train, for only 30 seconds, even though he was by then a very prominent actor. Everybody wanted to be on this show.
EVERYONE!!! That's why I DEFINITELY know Vic was blacklisted. Vic was very very smart and excellent at his craft and yet poor Vic had a hard time being cast; only in a couple of projects!!! Vic, I wish you knew how much you're missed and loved,😪🕊️🙏🎷😍💖🎸🎵🎹🎶❤️📯🙏🕊️ God bless you
Kurt and Bing Russell both are in the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Hall Of Fame and Bing is in the Baseball Hall of Fame
WHAT AN EPISODE AS IF ITS REAL!!! I KEEP WATCHING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN!!!
Combat series produced a lot of good episodes, I have seen so many since I have found it on youtube!! Thanks again for the person who down load the combat series and that's to UA-cam for keeping them on.
You have to feel for the German sergeant,says a prayer for the dead American. Yet he was in the Africa Korps, the gentlemens war.
Yep the 8 to 5 war with tea & Kaffee daily.
That German Sargent really does have a heart. This episode, is a great example to show us that not all Germans had a cold heart.
white Christian Germany fighting other Christians due to the influence of a madman,hitler is barking in hell I hope
Yanks are sooo nieve,
A friend of mine's Father was captured at the Battle of the Bulge. As a young infantryman, deep in German territory, he said the thought of escaping was not realistic and never really crossed his mind. Once you're captured the war is over for you. The only reason to even attempt an escape is if the conditions of your captivity are horrible and even then it's pretty much suicide to try an escape. No dishonor in being captured if you had no choice.
I fought communist bandits. Capture was not an option for me. I carried a pistol (of not much use in combat) for the just in case situations - namely a ghastly wound or the chance of capture by those scum.
My father in law was a medic at Bastogne. I hate to bring this into these comments but trump once said he didn’t like people who were captured in war. He was making a dig at John McCain who had lost to Obama in 2008. Tramp also said that the soldiers and marines who went to Vietnam were suckers for that and he never liked being around wounded veterans. John Kelly his chief of staff was ordered to never bring wounded or disabled veterans around him or the White House. And yet so many of these guys worship him. UNBELIEVABLE …
@@manuelbermudez211 Hopefully thought Americans vote for a party that reflects their ideals. If you are liberal you vote for democrats, if conservative- Republican. The candidate on the ticket hardly matters. You are foolish if you vote, or don't vote, for a personality. Vote for the party's platform.
One of my favorite episodes, displaying a master survivalist at the top of his game.
This episode was the best so far (and there have been many, many good ones). Vic Morrow as Saunders is superb! I always know that it's going to be a good episode when Saunders is in it.
Thanks for uploading this show. Brings back so many memories...
+David Davidson No question about that Dave. At this point I am wondering how the writers keep coming up with good material. Yes, beginning to see a lot of repetition in the story lines but they always add something that makes the episode special. This episode reminds me of the incident when a Luftwaffe pilot was scrambled to intercept a B-17 that was badly damage, only to escort it back to England. The pilot of the B-17 and the German pilot became friends after the war. Too bad "Saunders" did not have the same opportunity. During Combat!s initial presentation lived outside the country for two years and now realize how many episodes I missed among the repeats. I wish my Dad was still alive, we would have spent hours watching this together on UA-cam.
Vic was and still is the show!!!!
Vic was/ is COMBAT
I’m very happy that I found these on UA-cam. I was watching combat as a kid growing up in Asia
One of the interesting things the show did was not only were they having the Germans speak German, but they didn't subtitle them. So when you had these characters speaking you wondered what was going to happen if you didn't understand the language. For me it helped in immersing myself into the show.
The Frenchman dressed Saunders in Der Heer Africaner uniforme?
Three years of high-school German, and I use it more watching Combat! than I did for my year stationed in Schweinfurt!
Even when they spoke German, you kind of knew what was being said by facial expressions…which was an art in itself…they could have easily used subtitles but they knew most viewers got the messages…..people were a bit smarter back then!
19:29 Only Sergeant Saunders could single handedly stop a moving train and break a squad out of prison AT THE SAME TIME.
That's my man
That's my man!!!
The miseries of war! Decent men fighting on both sides with compassion in the their hearts and hatred for killing.Even in the midst of blood thirsty combat there is comradery. The german sergeant was a christian and a good samaritan and he was a soldier who felt a sense of duty to fight on though the battle was lost and though for a brutal dictatorship. He died for duty when he could have lived. Sarge had to shoot him out of duty though he wanted to save his life.Thus men came out of this hellish scenario scarred emotionally unless they can move forward in their faith in God and his creation.
Even as a believer you are still scarred. God willing, in time, and depending on your lifestyle and ppl you hang out with can help you move on to a better place.
Well said mate, lest We Forget.
Enjoyed watching Combat back in the 60s with my dad who fought in WW2
Excellent episode. Thank You for sharing.
An episode to be included in ¨The Very Best of Combat!¨
THANKS VERYmuch for uploading this how brings back memories of me and my father watching it on EVERY tuesday night
mark murawski I Can Relate Mark! I Too Used To Watch It With My Dad! He Used To Let Me Stay Up Late To Watch It!
Me too, man. Me too....
Another great episode. German corporal sees Saunders campaign ribbons and knows he's been thru Hell when young private was flippin shit. Then later breaks down and gets one in the back.
12:40 Blanks are loud as hell. For Vic to not even budge a single nerve, pure talent.
did you not notice that he saw the gun in the shadow on the wall and was expecting it
True. In the bell tower episode, commenters ask why Saunders is only covering one ear. If they'd ever run that many blanks through a Thompson with no ear-pro, they'd know his right ear is probably as bad as mine, and I was a 106 RR gunner. Huh? Wha? HUH? WHADJA SAAAAAY?
I vaguely remember this episode back in 1965, Sgt. Saunders actor Vic Morrow, it's hard to see him wear that Kraut uniform. He looks sharp wearing his U.S. Army uniform. I have been watching this old show again for the almost two years. It's been a good experience.
Vic morrow was born february 14th 1929. He would have been 92 years old. If he were still alive.
Combat OUTSTANDING show .
While the kill ratio is silly, I do like the way COMBAT shows regular German troops as humans with feelings and morals; care for wounded, etc.
+KurtB : Same here. I just watched this episode on H&I last night and had to see it again. Pretty unusual for a American 1960s WWII show to have GIs retreating and getting killed. Saunders even felt empathy for the hefty German sergeant(?) at the end. This was one of the better episodes.
Just got the H&I channel myself like 2 weeks ago. *Certainly a most WELCOME ADDITION* after several years of just 2 channels with rabbit ears.
Been *getting dialed in on the 3 new DS9 Voyager and Archer and the Enterprise with Archer.* Years ago watched these when I had Dish.
Hollywood had to , there were too many men watching in 1963-8 that were there . Now that most of them are gone , the propaganda they parade out of Hollywood seems real after seeing it over and over.
THAT sandy hair saved his ass,that, and he doesn't talk,VIC MORROW IS JUST AS COOL AS MCQUEEN,THAT'S TOP TIER TALENT RIP VIC AND STEVE
Vic also worked in Mexico. Bi lingual
@@kathymcmahon6582 i didn't know this,i know he was a helluva man,he was even trying to protect the children when the copter got them,he is one of my heroes,we all miss him,utube his other movies,some was when he was first starting incredible actor and human being,god rest his soul,take care kathy
"The greatest generation" would roll over if they heard us squabbling about our "freedoms "to wear a mask or not. I salute them, always.
My great grandfather would tell you to go stuff it if you tried to force any of this bs on him.
@@spudtaterson6281 Bingo
My father in law used to sneer when I would take my pills at night. One night I got fed up with him and asked what’s wrong with me taking pills before bed. I said you take pills every day. He said that he had medical stuff that he took pills for where I didn’t have heart or kidney or cancer or anything else for me to take pills. I said that’s right !!! It’s to prevent me from getting those illnesses. Then I got really into his face and said “ your daughter was a widow when I married her. Do you want her to be a widow AGAIN !!! “ I then said “ you were a medic at Bastogne. Didn’t you give drugs to prevent infection or for pain or anything else ? Well I’m taking pills so I don’t DIE ON HER !!! “. I went to bed really pissed at him. But the next morning he apologized and said that he understood better. Then we each had a beer for breakfast. My wife his daughter yelled at us all day over that. We became good friends after that. But he was always grouchy. I miss him a lot …
The greatest generation wouldn't have wore a mask
@@user-bd5ux2tu7tlsuhater. They would. They know how to obey rules
No way could they produce a quality weekly tv show like that today. For one thing todays young actors would be over acting, trying to be cool and upstage the scene like most unbelievable tv shows today. Plus the writing talent is gone. Most of todays tv shows belong in the same barrel with todays bad music.
matrox Totally Agree With You !
i was just a kid when Combat series was shown.. now i know why my father and older siblings were glued at the television weekly. Great series!
You have it down with that, so right
Yrexactley write I know for a fact my brother didn't 4 no reason in the 60s because he knew that he was eventually was going to name because he tried then explain to me hate to and I was about 7 years old and remember it like it was yesterday because he would catch a bus down town to Harveys or Cain slopes an all the other hobbies shops and I at least 7 or 8 years old was in seventh haven't because i was with my hero knèw we were going to lose him but at least he didn't have to go òver there my moma thought it was a blessing he died here instead of there
. Marcus the forces lucky 2 be here love and all u too tudalloue .
they too were considered pale compared to their elders classic agism there, method acting sheesh! west side story, ghastly, fred estair, bing crosby- quality goods. henry fonda thats how its done.
What little humanity that is brought to war .Gets lost in the killing of those who bring it.
It would be interesting to find out how many times Saunders was captured, wounded, or what his kill count was.
I don't know if the story background about Saunders was that he was in North Africa or Italy prior to D-Day.
I know in the starting of the series he was in England and crossed the channel to Normandy on June 6, 1944.
Watched this as a kid, with my dad, who was a WW 2 vet.
How about a count on how many times he lost his helmet!
Remember Saunders character discussing his North Africa duty with Hanley in England prior to D-Day.
As the saying goes: "War is hell."
Even though it is savage and brutal, snippets of human kindness and respect reveal themselves.
Damn we were spoiled when it came to great shows, combat at 8 rat patrol at nine, and voyage to the bottom of the sea.
"Nerer discuss with an idiot.He will only drag you down to his own level,and crush you by sheer experience...."Dilbert
Thats the difference between the lower ranks (usually young) and higher ranks like sargents and officers (usually older). Older military personel knew that if they excaped, it took 10 people (or more) off the front line to look for them, thus saving lives. One life might be lost trying to escape, yet save 10 on the line, potentially causing the enemy to lose ground and hopefully lose the war that much faster.
Besides the ones doing the escape from the historical STALAG Camp usually had been trained to survive under those circumstances.
So I can understand why not everyone wanted to follow Saunders of the train.
What an incredible episode
It's hard to list favorite episodes I liked too many this show was the best 👍
Wow! To you, GR160289.
Interesting... Awesome collection you have.
Thanks, in ways that could fill a few books....
Like, back, to early-mid 60s... On black and white TV...
With a Mid-winter blizzard blowing hard, outside...
Me, still working to get the kitchen inspection ready...
My Stepfather, staying up, after the late News...
(CBS, ABC, or NBC, or, UHF, PBS).
To watch, "Combat."
Now, as I watch, what I could only hear, back then...
I find myself, in him... Both of us, Vets.
But, from his perspective...Back then..
Running a small dairy operation.
Still fresh, from WWII...
He was Army... Sgt...
On Iwo Jima, for the B-52s....
To the end of the war....
Which tends to mean Air Corps.
And, he probably went in.... '42...?...
To be a "Supply Chief"... Sgt...!...???
And, some Japanese were still there, too!...
Doing night ops... Leaving sign, with yellow paint...
Hoping there'd be some animals alive at morn...
vic morrow looks great in a kraut uniform at the end!
noemi barrios everybody looks great in a German uniform, the good guys had the best uniforms, #HugoBoss
He's all American and was Jewish. Same with Rick Jason.
The golden years of tv.
"Afrika Korps"!...The old veterans (Kameraden) looked out for each other, the irony they show here is that it ended up badly for the sentimental sergeant...C'est La Guerre... :-(
I felt sad for the German sergeant.
If that was Vic Morrow or his stunt man who jumped in that bomb creater. They hit there head hard.
For once,there should have been sub-titles.At about 39:00 The young German says"Coward",and the feldwbel answers"Coward?Simulant?Afrikakorps,Wounded-badge(Purple Heart),close-combat badge.What did you get,kid,a kiss from mother...?"
lassisvulgaris I do wish they had subtitles for that exchange, it was superbly written.
ty for the translation. You're right. That exchange deserved subtitles.
I’ve remembered this episode a lot during my life. Since it’s season 3 I’ve been remembering it for 57 years now. I remember when he was on the train and they tried to light the cigarette and when the officer tossed him the rifle and he caught it. And then the other Sargent trying to explain how it was a reaction when he caught the rifle. My uncle Joe explained that part to me. Just reminiscing …
Nothing like a good artillery barrage to start a COMBAT! episode.
The 25th Division that Ernst Keller is supposed to belong to was not part of the Afrika Korps. It was on the Eastern front during that period and was later almost destroyed in the Soviet Bagration offensive. It was reorganized and sent to the Western front where it fought against the 506th PIR during the Market Garden offensive (portrayed in Band of Brothers). It was later involved in Operation Nordwind, the last German offensive action in the West in late December, 1944-early January, 1945. This is the only action it was involved in that fits the episode except that it was fought during a brutal winter. Possibly Keller could have been transferred into the 25th.
It is curious that the unit that picked Keller/Saunders up would have taken him--an invalid as they thought--into the front lines with them. That may have been the thought the sergeant had when his CO ordered him to bring Saunders/Keller along. Loved the sensitivity Saunders shows him at the end.
I think the 25 on his shoulder is his regimental patch.
@@algorithm4390 Divisional.
@@billboth4814 Vic/Ernst is 25th inf reg and the DAK sargeant is supppsedly 241, i saw the 361 regiment was in DAK but didnt find 25..... double check, here is a link..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_German_Army_(1935%E2%80%931945)#/media/File:Wehrmacht_uniforms_and_insignia.jpg
Also, here is one for you.. which medal is the one-eyed cyclopean German medical officer wearing..?
It isnt the Iron Cross 1st clas, but actually the war merit cross in silver with crossed swords awarded to non-combatants "....given to soldiers for exceptional service "not in direct connection with combat"...
@@algorithm4390 Can find nothing to indicate that there was a 25th regiment...only for 25th Panzer Grenadiers Division which was on the Eastern front when the Afrika Korps was fighting.
@@billboth4814 Hi BB,
It's code!
As someone said in another comment, the one-eyed german medical officer - with war merit cross - represents Cyclops and i realise now there are 24 books in both the odyssey and the iliad so "25' is merely "Book 25!
this was back when most teachers and professors had greater familiarity with ancient literature.
Probably more paralells too...
(.. well the friendly Sargeant is 241, which bears out the coding 24 +1)
U.S. tactical vehicles in the 1970s didn't need keys, except for possibly the new (then) powerwagon 5/4-ton trucks which replaced the old slow (except when you got off road) AM General 5/4-tons.
A WWII version of the cavalry to the rescue.
True, we had to use a chain & padlock around the clutch/brake pedal and the steering wheel to secure our vehicles.
The private Saunders winds up with could have doubled for Bob Denver.
Often under penality of death. They knew who possessed the firearms because of registration. An acquaintance from England recently told me of how betrayed the people of the UK feel because of the oppressive gun laws, as well as the goverment doing nothing about the Islamification of his country. Firearm registration allows this to happen. No one has ever been able to present a viable explanation to me, how registration prevents firearm related criminal acts. I know I'm preaching to the choir.
Preach it, Reverend!
Combat Gunsmoke Kentucky Jones Larime Track down Maverick Cheyenne Man the 60s was the time to watch TV
What a great show!
One of my favorite episodes, they just don't or won't make them like this anymore..
One thing I have discerned from this series, once a man entered the German army his name was changed to Hans. Reckon that made it easier to call them by their first names, and make things more personable in the Wermacht.
"Hans" = "Joe".
When Saunders jump into that hole in the ground, his stuntman or he himself must have suffered any injury I think.
Vic Morrow parents were Russian jewish immigrants to NYC...could pass for a blond German
Good episode.
That artillery barrage looked like hell on earth
"He couldn't have bought it, I shot low"...
COMBAT, what more can you say!
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I would’ve ran fast than Saunders when he opened that door 🚪
Toy train set used in some scenes. But looks good.
The message here, about the humanity on both sides of that conflict - in which the Nazis clearly needed to be utterly defeated - is very important. It resonates even more deeply, if you understand the dialogue. Please add accurate subtitles for this. Who knew the wonderful Burt Freed (playing the sergeant)spoke such good German?
No subtitles would’ve ruined it. Trust me …
@@manuelbermudez211 If your objective is to make one side look entirely good, and the other side appear to be incomprehensibly evil, sure. Ignore the complexities that would reveal a better understanding of history in general, and this conflict in particular.
Sasha Harden did a good job as the SS Lt. who was very suspicious of Saunders/Keller.
Was he the German Captain in the earlier episode where Shecky Greene is captured in a Colonel’s overcoat?
@@joleevasquez4461 that was 7 yrs ago. 🤷♂️
@@Brucev7 I’ll just have to watch them again I guess!
This 1 tops after 'Duel' and 'A rare vintage' and 'Birthday cake'..Robert at 66.
Fantastic episode. The name Odissey was appropriate. Greetings from Brazil.
Hanley smoking a cigarette wanting to know what was taking so long and the Germans are devouring them
French woman: “I don’t understand!”
Saunders: *just keeps saying the English word louder*
"Go over there". "Je ne compa". "GO OVER THERE!" "Je neGOOOO OOOVERRR THEEERRRE!"
Thanks for uploading.
Very intense episode.
Man! That one German officer in the beginning really had his eye out for Sarge!!!
He spared my life thx vic y gene levitt
Fantastic, I remember the German Sargent from Gunsmoke! Thanks GR :)
Every episode is beyond great. Wasn't sure if the big guy was turning his guy onto Saunders.
Can't blame Vic Morrow for not having German actors on the set just 20 years after WWII..
A lot of ppl did NOT trust germans after WW2. Just like 9/11 and Covid NOW, you have some idiots thinking all are bad ppl and their NOT!!!!
I am a full blood GERMAN I love DEUTSCHLAND
I remember the scene with the hefty German sergeant getting shot from when I was 5 or 6. I thought he was an American sergeant being shot by one of his own men. I guess I was partly right. As I recall, it was daylight when I saw it, not the usual Tuesday at 7:oo p.m. In any case, I've come to the first episode that I remember, albeit imperfectly, as a child. I used to watch Combat every Tuesday night wearing my monkey helmet, my plastic canteen, my cap grenade, and my green plastic rifle.
I'm hoping to catch other scenes that I remember, from here on. The other mystery scene was a G.I. calling out to a guy named Frank, who responds with something like,"Ba ba" and then gets hit with an explosion. The other G.I. then takes him to the aid station. They tell him that the guy is dead but he doesn't believe it. I've watched several old war movies hoping to find that scene but so far no luck. Maybe it's on one of the upcoming Combat episodes. I love jogging my memory.
After my Camo Helmet broke into two, I too had the monkey helmet, grenades and had Saunders Thompson.
I think you might be talking about the movie 'Attack' with Jack Palance, Eddie Albert and William Smithers who played the German Lt. a couple episodes back, when they had the truce to look for the lost baby.
@@melvinbennett444 Actually, the scene I recall was from "The Man with the Grey Flannel Suit" with Gregory Peck.
I think Saunders screwed up a little for first time when he caught the rifle, tried to play it down their commander wasn't fouled.
right Gary...seems hit would of continued his 'act' by not catching the rifle...I think the German (officer)? caught on and was suspicious thereafter ~ otherwise, great acting my Vic ~
I was thinking it would make the suspicious guy even more suspicious, but some of the younger guys who’d grown up as Hitler Youth might’ve thought it was an ingrained automatic reaction.
Good God Sarge, take off that white bandage and white tag!
There’s probably talent out there that can write if given a chance. It’s just you have to find them. I agree with you though they can’t afford to produce these kind of shows without money. Good directors producers writers script writers. Original story lines. Truth makeup artists. Costume designers set designers. All that involves making a great tv show. I wish they could make these now but they won’t bother.
Great show
If I remember correctly, the cast of Combat went through Boot Camp so they could be prepared for the series. I doubt if any of the actors of today could pass through Boot Camp today, unless it was through the ones that were made for women, and even then I have my doubts.
Look up "Women in infantry the hard ugly truth" here on you tube. Great discussion with a wide range of input.
The firepower of WW2 was intense...me 42 water cooled german machine gun fired 1800 7.6 bullet rounds per minute!
MG42, 7.92mm.
I'm 65 as of this writing, so you can guess I have seen them all. Which episode was your Favorite? This out to keep people busy for a while !! LOL
One thing that has confused me with this show is that they usually refer to German sergeants as "Feldwebel" when speaking German but every now and again a German calls his Feldwebel "Sergeant." An in this episode they called Saunders "Corporal" instead of Unteroffizier or Obergefreiter.
Saunders is a an E-5 Sergeant, therefore isn't he also Feldwebel? Unless of course the Krauts made a mistake. I have said it before and I'll say it again....Saunders. DAS UBER FELDWEBEL!!!!.... HAHAHA Bosche!!!