If anyone ever had the chance to meet my father, he was pretty much the same as the Sarge in fact they're birthdays are only a month apart from the same year 1929. Tough, determined with eyes of steel that could melt a mountain of solid rock. Rough but with love. My dad was a WWII and Korean war veteran. I miss him dearly but whenever I see an episode with Vic Morrow, I feel like I'm seeing my pop and it helps me through the ruff patch. My dad and I never missed an episode. Thanks Sarge, thanks for everything
I was barely born when these shows were made, but they showed it as reruns when I was 7 and watched Combat every time it was on TV. I gave up TV 20 years ago, I'll have to take your word for it that it's only gotten worse.
55 years later, what a great series. Plot, story, music, action. When I was kid, Sergeant Sanders was my number one hero. I think they played this on Tuesdays, my Korean War Vet father and I never never missed an episode.
I turned 17 in 63 and was in boot camp 10 days later, after driving a Nuc Sub and separated in 69 I got a chance to see a couple reruns of this show, then it went away - this is one of the best shows like this I have seen -
The good thing about COMBAT is that it presented war and soldiers as real as possible,did not romanticize war and soldiers,the brutality,the savagery,emotions and just about everything there is to war was shown,im now 53 years old,used to watch this back in the 70's with my family.in fact i told my folks i wanted to be a soldier,but my folks refused..salute to all SOLDIERS OF DEMOCRACY.
As a kid I watched 'Combat!' on TV on Tuesday at 8pm on a "school night." For an hour I was free, behind my own lines, not pinned down by the enemy, and the 'Sturm und Drang' of Catholic school, homework, and the nuns.
One of the best series ever done on WWII ! Great actors, direction and stories that provide lessons even today. Watched it when it first came on TV in '63 and still watching it! My father was a Lt. Col. in the US Army and served in this war and Korea at Pork Chop Hill, then trained soldiers for Vietnam, the best man I'll never know. Our last name was Sanders so we were used to getting orders for buckets of chicken at three o'clock in the morning.....
Very nice to meet you whose father participated in Pork Chop Hill where only 25 American soldiers were alive. Because I am a Korean who always thanks US for having sent army to save Korea 70 years ago. Again thank you.So long!
@@Thompson-xp1mk He would appreciate that. He had told me had great affection for the Korean people and great respect for the South Korean army. He never talked much about the conflict, except maybe some funny things that may have happened while there. I know he suffered for many years with nightmares and screaming in his sleep at night. War does such terrible things to all people. I pray someday that we can end such nightmares for the entire planet. We All want the same things out of life. God Bless you and your family. Thank you.
@@mach1gtx150 Most of Korean people especially nowdays thank US Army to Korea. Because US Army is keeping Korea against North Korea,s invasion instead of Korean government which is familiar with North Korea. And 1.US liberated Korea from Japan in 1945. 2.US prevented North Korea from occupying Korea wholly in Korean War . 3.sooner or later when US Army will enter and occupy North Korea and liberate North Korean people who are slaves and make Korea carry out Free Unification, US gave or will give Korea three presents above . And the connection between US and Korea seems to be a couple in a former life which is told in Buddhism. I wish your health and happiness. Thank you.
my father and I would watch combat together for years. I ended up serving in the army 42 years. this really takes me back when I was 6 years old. thank you UA-cam
Steve Buck Thank you for your service. "Combat!" Wasn't necessarily a pro war show. As it displays the horrors of real fighting very well. Also, in real life just the equivalent of two episodes of fighting would probably have been enough to give most soldiers Shell Shock. Or what they now call PTSD. As for me? I too was barely 7 when the first episodes began. Yet by age 18 I had begun to greatly distrust the US Pentagon. Although it has improved in recent years. Oddly enough despite all the bad things the leftists say abt Trump? He hasn't started any wars and his foreign policy has made great strides in the middle east.
Wow, 42 years. I Salute your service. I did 23 years. After I retired I was an Army Civilian Instructor at the ADA School. I got a 30 year Gold pin and Certificate left on my desk by a weasel Captain. Always expressing disdain for civilians, but couldn't comprehend we were all retired Soldiers with the experience.
Fantastic shows. These should be watched by our younger generation. Like my kids. I am 68 and watched when I was 9-15 years old. Super important for younger gen to get educated.
This is awesome I'm 50 years old now almost and I didn't find out about this until 2015.. here it is 2020 and right back into watching the episodes again. It reminds me of when I was a kid playing army men in the park and used to say you going to be the Germans or the Americans😷😷 good stuff!! Thanks
i have watch Combat when i was a kid wayback 1965 , i used to go to my uncle residence during the weekend to watch the series but was stopped when i return home to continue my studies. Thanks to You Tube its only now that can watch again .
Why would he complain? It was probably safest for him to do so because he sure couldn’t trust those other two knuckleheads.Little John and to a certain point Kirby couldn’t be trusted at all the time.
@@finnfinn7703Haha. That’s true. Kirby could get the whole squad killed because he makes terrible judgements. But there is one episode up ahead (with guest star Claudine Longet) where his out-of-the-box genius shone.
This was the only combat army action series my late dad would watch and not anything related to this show. It took me year's to find out why he would only watch this show. Ans: dad was a BAR gunner in Normandy and he watched the show only to follow the BAR man!
Good episode..Ed Nelson was at his best in this role. Beau Bridges was the kid that Saunders found out was underage but forgot the name of that episode. Watched this show as a kid and still luv the reruns today. This and Rawhide and Wagon Train were the best shows to come from the late 50s - 60s. Vic Morrow made this show as good as it was despite the fact he had a good supporting group of guys.
Folks seem to take this show too seriously....it's a TV show ....entertainment , which means action , drama , a few laughs here and there...yes the germans use the wrong weapons sometimes , and it's not entirely accurate with a lot of war stuff...but it's still a damn good show . The dialogue between the guys and the orders given are about as real as you could get on TV in the 60's .....good attention to details , like Little John recognizing the sound of a Thompson sub machine gun over an MP 40....lighten up guys and just enjoy it for what it is.....
maybe also interesting the review on UA-cam: Why this Combat TV Show star almost did 20 years at Leavenworth; put on the Net by LandumC goes there Interesting articles on his side but the fellow shure doesn´t like critics it seems
Cool episode! Underrated actor Ed Nelson born 12/21/28 is now 83 years old. In the late 1970's he replaced James Whitmore on Broadway as Harry Truman in "Give 'em Hell Harry"
When I was11, I got an imitation Army field jacket and got some sergeant stripes sewn on it from a surplus store like Saunders had and wore it every where for a couple of years, till it was too small. Lol.
In this episode, and so many others of Combat!, the staple direction of "only give name, rank and serial number" holds true. With pistol-shot precision, our "Combat" Veterans have held firm to that. God Bless the U.S.A.
Wow ! This brings back alot of memories. My favorite as a kid growing up. I am now 67 yrs.old and still love Combat. I use to get my BB gun and hit the woods pretending to kill Germans. I miss those days.Thanks Mom for letting me watch Combat on school night back in Virginia.
I did same as you in a small wooded area near our home with my Dad's old Benjamin Air Rifle. We never missed an episode. The complete series is available on DVD.!!!!!
You guys do know William Smith who played the German integrator was in the CIA after WW2? U2 flights. Was in the USAF and won the United States Air Force weightlifting championship. He was a Russian Intercept Interrogator and flew secret ferret missions over Russia. Smith earned a Bachelor of Arts from Syracuse University and a Master's degree in Russian Studies from UCLA. He taught Russian at UCLA. Dang smart man!!!! He would have been one heck of a German integrator if he was for real in that movie.
When these were out, I was9 or 10 years old. They were only 15 years after the war. Hollywood could appeal to vets to watch it and the sets were cheap..... Cali countryside. Those places are now long gone, most likely south side of the San Gabrial Mts. below the high desert. Now, it's all homes and business, it's just a memory.
Thanks for posting the best show ever, Combat, power packed with life lessons and illustrated sermons, to inspire us onward and to not give up and to know what we the people ought to do during this snake venom Nazi take over, especially through the eyes of the hunter.
As a kid I never noticed the background. I am a southern CA guy, so it cracks me up to see eucalyptus trees supposedly in France and Germany. Those trees are hot weather trees. I still like the program.
@@ellisjames7192 Pierre Jalbert was from Québec; Canada and until the 1970's all French Canadian actors spoke with an accent from France: his vocabulary could be French Canadian but on screen the accent was le français de France.
It's simply one of the greatest shows ever on television. Like LAW AND ORDER, it examined hard moral choices each week. And even the "heroes" had to go through self-examination.
Another great one Vick Morrow took Gage under his wing to show him lacking skills what a find actor for a guy that never acted before he had a great teacher his friend vic Morrow they were friends anyway before the show RIP
I remember watching these on a black and white TV with rabbit ears complete with rolling picture and snow but that didn't matter because they were so exciting to watch
I love the look on Hanley's face at 04:32 when they carry Caulder past; you can totally believe this is one of his squad leaders, mortally wounded. Nice touch.
One consistent theme I haven't seen anyone mention is "redemption by death". Once characters "sin" badly enough they are doomed, but generally don't die without a heroic act and/or some words that allows their redemption. Especially applies to French collaborators, "lone wolf" American soldiers (even when making the same types of decisions Hanley and Saunders routinely make), and Germans facing their individual moral responsibility.
ccsra5, hey, I never thought anyone else would remember that Mission Impossible episode where the IMF team cons Vic Morrow's criminal character into thinking he went into a coma and woke up in the year, circa 2000, in the midst of World War III that had started in the Mideast and dragged on for 24 years till even the United States was economically and military run-down and exhausted. It was a great episode as that was one of the frequent schemes the IMF used on the super villains, elaborate con games.
Bill Smith: One of the weight trained diet specific bodybuilders of the era, he was in hard shape in a time when being in shape was considered "Kookie" and "unmanly" ("Ghey") by the general public, the "Strongman" image was looked up to as "natural" (big gut in a singlet) this image was represented by Ernest Borgnine...
William Smith was always a B-level actor, however, he played anything and everything. He played a fighter in one of Clint Eastwood's embarrassing films with Sondra Locke!
Quick comment, never noticed before. At the beginning, the FO calls out zwei (2) to the RTO. The RTO, correctly, transmits zwo(2) , on the radio, so as not to confuse the word with drei(3). Wow, what detail!
That head German in the bunker went on to become the lead actor as the top Russian in the movie "Red Dawn!" I'm sure a lot of great actors got their start right here on "Combat!"
Yes , He and Michael Rossi were great in that T.V. show . It looks like Ed has been to the best Hairdresser salon in Hollywood just prior to the opening scene .
So far we haven't gotten to meet a platoon sergeant except for Hanley, before he was commissioned, and Saunders, when he was doubling as squad leader and acting platoon sergeant.
If anyone ever had the chance to meet my father, he was pretty much the same as the Sarge in fact they're birthdays are only a month apart from the same year 1929. Tough, determined with eyes of steel that could melt a mountain of solid rock. Rough but with love. My dad was a WWII and Korean war veteran. I miss him dearly but whenever I see an episode with Vic Morrow, I feel like I'm seeing my pop and it helps me through the ruff patch. My dad and I never missed an episode. Thanks Sarge, thanks for everything
Watching Combat gives me to see my Daddy again him and Vic Morrow were carbon copies of each other
Your so full of bull if you expect anyone with any intelligence to even believe your first line 🤣
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Beautiful account. Great you can feel close.
Magic of the big screen little screen, et cetera, comes to mind as well.
It took me 60 years to realize how damn good Combat! was. Great scripts, great directors, great acting. Nothing on TV today as good.
I was barely born when these shows were made, but they showed it as reruns when I was 7 and watched Combat every time it was on TV.
I gave up TV 20 years ago, I'll have to take your word for it that it's only gotten worse.
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It all looks like it was filmed yesterday. God, I miss them all. RIP Vic, Dick, Rick and Pierre 🙏🙏🙏
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55 years later, what a great series. Plot, story, music, action. When I was kid, Sergeant Sanders was my number one hero. I think they played this on Tuesdays, my Korean War Vet father and I never never missed an episode.
You're right. Tuesdays at 7:30pm on ABC television. My Dad was a WW2 vet and we always watched this together. This show and 'Gallant Men' too.
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I turned 17 in 63 and was in boot camp 10 days later, after driving a Nuc Sub and separated in 69 I got a chance to see a couple reruns of this show, then it went away - this is one of the best shows like this I have seen -
The good thing about COMBAT is that it presented war and soldiers as real as possible,did not romanticize war and soldiers,the brutality,the savagery,emotions and just about everything there is to war was shown,im now 53 years old,used to watch this back in the 70's with my family.in fact i told my folks i wanted to be a soldier,but my folks refused..salute to all SOLDIERS OF DEMOCRACY.
Thanks very much for Combat. It still holds up as a great TV show.
Dennis Schwieger,I get this on Heric channel on satellite, but they put it on at 10pm and 11pm,I'm 71 and can't stay up to watch it!
Dude I’m 70 and sometimes I stay up till 3-4-5 am. C’mon man …
As a kid I watched 'Combat!' on TV on Tuesday at 8pm on a "school night." For an hour I was free, behind my own lines, not pinned down by the enemy, and the 'Sturm und Drang' of Catholic school, homework, and the nuns.
That was reality for lots of us!
One of the best series ever done on WWII ! Great actors, direction and stories that provide lessons even today. Watched it when it first came on TV in '63 and still watching it! My father was a Lt. Col. in the US Army and served in this war and Korea at Pork Chop Hill, then trained soldiers for Vietnam, the best man I'll never know. Our last name was Sanders so we were used to getting orders for buckets of chicken at three o'clock in the morning.....
Very nice to meet you whose father participated in Pork Chop Hill where only 25 American soldiers were alive. Because I am a Korean who always thanks US for having sent army to save Korea 70 years ago. Again thank you.So long!
@@Thompson-xp1mk He would appreciate that. He had told me had great affection for the Korean people and great respect for the South Korean army. He never talked much about the conflict, except maybe some funny things that may have happened while there. I know he suffered for many years with nightmares and screaming in his sleep at night. War does such terrible things to all people. I pray someday that we can end such nightmares for the entire planet. We All want the same things out of life. God Bless you and your family. Thank you.
@@mach1gtx150 Most of Korean people especially nowdays thank US Army to Korea.
Because US Army is keeping Korea against North Korea,s invasion instead of Korean government which is familiar with North Korea.
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1.US liberated Korea from Japan in 1945.
2.US prevented North Korea from occupying Korea wholly in Korean War .
3.sooner or later when US Army will enter and occupy North Korea and liberate North Korean people who are slaves and make Korea carry out Free Unification,
US gave or will give Korea three presents above .
And the connection between US and Korea seems to be a couple in a former life which is told in Buddhism. I wish your health and happiness. Thank you.
my father and I would watch combat together for years. I ended up serving in the army 42 years. this really takes me back when I was 6 years old.
thank you UA-cam
MmmmHmm...me too.
Thanks for your service 💪👍🇺🇸 I started watching at 6 or 7 myself my Father served on Guam in the Pacific Army Air Medical Corp
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Thank you for your service.
"Combat!" Wasn't necessarily a pro war show. As it displays the horrors of real fighting very well. Also, in real life just the equivalent of two episodes of fighting would probably have been enough to give most soldiers Shell Shock. Or what they now call PTSD.
As for me? I too was barely 7 when the first episodes began. Yet by age 18 I had begun to greatly distrust the US Pentagon. Although it has improved in recent years.
Oddly enough despite all the bad things the leftists say abt Trump? He hasn't started any wars and his foreign policy has made great strides in the middle east.
How was it fighting for Israel?
Wow, 42 years. I Salute your service. I did 23 years. After I retired I was an Army Civilian Instructor at the ADA School. I got a 30 year Gold pin and Certificate left on my desk by a weasel Captain. Always expressing disdain for civilians, but couldn't comprehend we were all retired Soldiers with the experience.
Fantastic shows. These should be watched by our younger generation. Like my kids. I am 68 and watched when I was 9-15 years old. Super important for younger gen to get educated.
This is awesome I'm 50 years old now almost and I didn't find out about this until 2015.. here it is 2020 and right back into watching the episodes again. It reminds me of when I was a kid playing army men in the park and used to say you going to be the Germans or the Americans😷😷 good stuff!! Thanks
That's the reason why I don't miss watching combat. All episodes are great watching.
One of the best episodes of season 2. Another compelling story about what happens to the soldier who's a loose cannon.
I so appreciate the moral fabric that is woven into each program.
So do I. It's uncanny, isn't it?
One of the most innovative , original , combat stories of the whole series. German and American dead combining to make the patrol realistic.
fighting in the california desert must have been tough! As a kid I worshipped this show!
The California environment, for someone from Europe that shows that the flora in the series was all wrong. but beside this it was an interesting show
i have watch Combat when i was a kid wayback 1965 , i used to go to my uncle residence during the weekend to watch the series but was stopped when i return home to continue my studies. Thanks to You Tube its only now that can watch again .
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Why would he complain? It was probably safest for him to do so because he sure couldn’t trust those other two knuckleheads.Little John and to a certain point Kirby couldn’t be trusted at all the time.
Good troop. Should've been a CPL and asst sqd ldr.
@@finnfinn7703Haha. That’s true. Kirby could get the whole squad killed because he makes terrible judgements. But there is one episode up ahead (with guest star Claudine Longet) where his out-of-the-box genius shone.
One of the cardinal signs of a well made video/movie - you can watch it multiple time and it is still enjoyable.
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What a complex war story ! Very enjoyable. This is a well done series !
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This was the only combat army action series my late dad would watch and not anything related to this show. It took me year's to find out why he would only watch this show. Ans: dad was a BAR gunner in Normandy and he watched the show only to follow the BAR man!
This series is much better than most War Movies
Great program. Loved it as a kid and still love it
Watched this with my dad while growing up, thanks for the memories....
Rick LaFon I Too Watch This With My Dad Growing Up! He Would Let Me Stay Up Late To Watch It!
Good episode..Ed Nelson was at his best in this role.
Beau Bridges was the kid that Saunders found out was underage but forgot the name of that episode.
Watched this show as a kid and still luv the reruns today. This and Rawhide and Wagon Train were the best shows to come from the late 50s - 60s. Vic Morrow made this show as good as it was despite the fact he had a good supporting group of guys.
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VIC WAS COMBAT!!!
@@motomark9736 This episode & The Duel were my favorite episodes. I liked how Put could see the Germans in the trees.
And Gunsmoke. LHS
Saw Beau episode when he wasn't famous. When you got older you recognized the stars.
The opening musical introduction spoke volumes
The viewer knew where he was and when
Great Episode,Great actors William Smith and Ed Nelson RIP my friends.
enjoy watching all combat episodes! childhood favorite! thanks!
When I was a kid I loved Combat! I think because my father served in WWII in the 12th Armored Division and saw much action in France and Germany.
+debra bolton MY DAD FOUGHT THE JAPANESE IN NEW GUINEA
+Marilyn Willett MY DAD WASN"T BORN YET.
Kilooscarromeo k why don't you take your hatred, turn it sideways and shove it up your candy ass!
+Albert Johnson But you weren't and now you exist. Sad for the world.
Loved the action when I was a kid. It went to reruns in the late '60s. Then my Mom took a liking to it. It was more than just a shoot-em-up.
Folks seem to take this show too seriously....it's a TV show ....entertainment , which means action , drama , a few laughs here and there...yes the germans use the wrong weapons sometimes , and it's not entirely accurate with a lot of war stuff...but it's still a damn good show . The dialogue between the guys and the orders given are about as real as you could get on TV in the 60's .....good attention to details , like Little John recognizing the sound of a Thompson sub machine gun over an MP 40....lighten up guys and just enjoy it for what it is.....
maybe also interesting the review on UA-cam: Why this Combat TV Show star almost did 20 years at Leavenworth; put on the Net by LandumC goes there
Interesting articles on his side but the fellow shure doesn´t like critics it seems
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Yeah-- fuck John Landis and the horse he rode in on
Beautiful man who was so very talented and unfortunately blacklisted. God rest his soul and the children
Cool episode! Underrated actor Ed Nelson born 12/21/28 is now 83 years old. In the late 1970's he replaced James Whitmore on Broadway as Harry Truman in "Give 'em Hell Harry"
The end music was fantastic that's why I never get tired watching Combat.
Such a great TV series, still holds up today.
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Laying in bed pulled the covers over my head .made me a army tent just like in 1973 when I was a kid .
Then ya' spent the next 30 minutes ajusting the tent pole! Yeah, I supose that we've all been there!!!!
I joined the US. Army 11-Bravo Infantry because of combat
Great watching 60 years ago, and lotsa fun even now. My how things have changed. 13”
B&W then, 6” B&W now.
When I was 4 years old I would dress in my army uniform, hold my plastic Thompson and watch this!
When I was11, I got an imitation Army field jacket and got some sergeant stripes sewn on it from a surplus store like Saunders had and wore it every where for a couple of years, till it was too small. Lol.
I think most of us kids did. My friends and I would go on patrols dressed up in our army gears. Lol!
yeah that one german played in "Anatomy of a Patrol" with James Caan.
Baddest cat of the 60s-70s with those guns.
In this episode, and so many others of Combat!, the staple direction of "only give name, rank and serial number" holds true. With pistol-shot precision, our "Combat" Veterans have held firm to that. God Bless the U.S.A.
Ed Nelson died in August, 2014, at age 85. He worked until 2005, acting on stage and teaching university theater courses.
+Kilooscarromeo k That was an entirely uncalled for response to an inoffensive comment by an inoffensive fellow. I suggest you take your own advice.
+Kilooscarromeo ...huh? All he did was tell us about one of the actors. Dang.
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Thanks again! There are some, most I venture to guess, that receive much value from your commentary.
He did got work and had a lot of range as this demonstrates.
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Great ep !! But then again, they all are ! Keep em comin, thanks!
Bill Smith. What a life. I used to watch Laredo (Joe Riley). He was the guy that Rockford beat up in the men's room on Rockford files.
He also played Jude Bonner on Gunsmoke where he kidnapped and shot Miss Kitty.
Wow ! This brings back alot of memories. My favorite as a kid growing up. I am now 67 yrs.old and still love Combat. I use to get my BB gun and hit the woods pretending to kill Germans. I miss those days.Thanks Mom for letting me watch Combat on school night back in Virginia.
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I to loved this show , also in VA I'm 68 but how I remember Combat!
I did same as you in a small wooded area near our home with my Dad's old Benjamin Air Rifle. We never missed an episode. The complete series is available on DVD.!!!!!
I first read "BB" as "88" as in the German 88 millimeter cannon. I was thinking you had quite the childhood.
Eddy Nelson, he was a Doctor in the Payton Place!!!
When you watch these shows it don't seem like they're as old as they are, just shows you how short our lives really are.
Vic morrow was killed making a war movie
@@doughaga3542 Nein, making the the movie The Twilight Zone in 1983, was decapitated from a chopper and a couple kids. Freak accident
You guys do know William Smith who played the German integrator was in the CIA after WW2? U2 flights. Was in the USAF and won the United States Air Force weightlifting championship. He was a Russian Intercept Interrogator and flew secret ferret missions over Russia.
Smith earned a Bachelor of Arts from Syracuse University and a Master's degree in Russian Studies from UCLA. He taught Russian at UCLA. Dang smart man!!!!
He would have been one heck of a German integrator if he was for real in that movie.
Thanks for enlighting me truly a remarkable Man, many times we find something we could of not known if not for the help of another.
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Love seeing the actual footage of the war.
Bill Smith played some kind of detective in the scfi film Invasion of The Bee Women!
When these were out, I was9 or 10 years old. They were only 15 years after the war. Hollywood could appeal to vets to watch it and the sets were cheap..... Cali countryside. Those places are now long gone, most likely south side of the San Gabrial Mts. below the high desert. Now, it's all homes and business, it's just a memory.
Several I have seen in Sonoma
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Thanks for posting the best show ever, Combat, power packed with life lessons and illustrated sermons, to inspire us onward and to not give up and to know what we the people ought to do during this snake venom Nazi take over, especially through the eyes of the hunter.
Yet another great episode. 👏🏼😎
I swear, you try so hard for us and do such a great job..I will always admire your determination. Your Cyber Buddy
Outstanding writing acting directing. This show was so underrated. Would love to see it reproduced as a retro series.
I never saw this series as a kid. I wonder how many others I missed
As a kid I never noticed the background. I am a southern CA guy, so it cracks me up to see eucalyptus trees supposedly in France and Germany. Those trees are hot weather trees. I still like the program.
The trees grows In both countries.
They do grow in those countries.
Even in B&W, the oleanders are pretty obvious too.
Paul le May ,he was Canadian actor ‘ Cage ‘ he spoke French too and also best actor .(RCAF)
Caj never sounded like a real Cajun.He sounded like a Frenchman.
@@ellisjames7192 Pierre Jalbert was from Québec; Canada and until the 1970's all French Canadian actors spoke with an accent from France: his vocabulary could be French Canadian but on screen the accent was le français de France.
Vic Morrow also acted in an episode of the Rifle Man also watched the show called Sea Hunt and High way patrol
Best show ever! Combat!😎🇺🇸
Will someone please give the Sargent a knife! I lost track of how many episodes he had to borrow one!!!!
Good episode, good writing
It's simply one of the greatest shows ever on television. Like LAW AND ORDER, it examined hard moral choices each week. And even the "heroes" had to go through self-examination.
William Smith also played Col Stelnikov the Spetsnaz commander in Red Dawn
Was in the Outsiders as a store clerk?.
He did tons, right after this a very good western Tv series, 1980...the sequal to any which way but loose. Always liked him.
Combat episodes...priceless...great stuff!!!!
Bill Smith, villain of the 60s and 70s.
sergeant saunders has a heart..
But then came the Korean war (Men in War) when Aldo Ray slapped him around.
He's just a big Teddy Bear.
Did you see the episode with the young French nurse's aid? All kinds of Saunder's heart in that one.
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Another great one Vick Morrow took Gage under his wing to show him lacking skills what a find actor for a guy that never acted before he had a great teacher his friend vic Morrow they were friends anyway before the show RIP
I remember watching these on a black and white TV with rabbit ears complete with rolling picture and snow but that didn't matter because they were so exciting to watch
I love the look on Hanley's face at 04:32 when they carry Caulder past; you can totally believe this is one of his squad leaders, mortally wounded. Nice touch.
Can’t imagine lugging that BAR and ammo through the whole war I’ve fired them and they are really heavy
Morrow and Jason were very good actors.
One consistent theme I haven't seen anyone mention is "redemption by death". Once characters "sin" badly enough they are doomed, but generally don't die without a heroic act and/or some words that allows their redemption. Especially applies to French collaborators, "lone wolf" American soldiers (even when making the same types of decisions Hanley and Saunders routinely make), and Germans facing their individual moral responsibility.
ccsra5, hey, I never thought anyone else would remember that Mission Impossible episode where the IMF team cons Vic Morrow's criminal character into thinking he went into a coma and woke up in the year, circa 2000, in the midst of World War III that had started in the Mideast and dragged on for 24 years till even the United States was economically and military run-down and exhausted. It was a great episode as that was one of the frequent schemes the IMF used on the super villains, elaborate con games.
I thought I'd seen all the IMF eps. They did a time travel in reverse to Bill Shatner, too, IIRC. I'll have to look for the Morrow one. Got a title?
Bill Smith: One of the weight trained diet specific bodybuilders of the era, he was in hard shape in a time when being in shape was considered "Kookie" and "unmanly" ("Ghey") by the general public, the "Strongman" image was looked up to as "natural" (big gut in a singlet) this image was represented by Ernest Borgnine...
Bill Smith was always a bad ass!
William Smith was always a B-level actor, however, he played anything and everything. He played a fighter in one of Clint Eastwood's embarrassing films with Sondra Locke!
Ed Nelson in this movie! Long time no see.
Memory lane with my dad.
Sem dúvidas os dois melhores atores de filme de guerra rick Jason e vic morrow
“What are we gonna do, Sarge?”
“I don’t know.”
When Saunders replies that way he’s thinking. The wheels in his brain are turning.
Watched a long time ago as a kid , always liked those M 1 Garlands , own one now .
Fues y es mi cvt favoritas nuncas me cansos de mirar 👍👍👍
Quick comment, never noticed before. At the beginning, the FO calls out zwei (2) to the RTO. The RTO, correctly, transmits zwo(2) , on the radio, so as not to confuse the word with drei(3). Wow, what detail!
thanks for posting....
I have watched it three times since my childhood.
Vic is cool...
Always
So great~~
Combat
I am also in my mid 60s now. Combat when first prmired had formed and shaped my life - even today. Vic Morrow has truly a legend 🪖🇺🇸
bill smith as a german! former Army and bodybuilder
William smith played a German before on this show. James Caan was in it.
My brother said that they watched Combat for training films.
Where did Burgess pick up his pseudo southern accent twang? Right out of Brooklyn.
I can never think of anything interesting to say on you tube. Guess I'm just boring. Thanks for the excellent TV upload
Coming out of Germany alive was a miracle by itself. The Wermacht did not kid nor play. Wise to add poles at the front of the Jeep. Help! Wires!
I turned 10 in 1967 I also served. I was doc.
That head German in the bunker went on to become the lead actor as the top Russian in the movie "Red Dawn!" I'm sure a lot of great actors got their start right here on "Combat!"
cheers long may it continue Remember we all appreciate your time and effort,thanks
William Smith from "Laredo".
No...thats Wilhem Schmidt from Laredo.
Ed Nelson right before Peyton Place
Yes , He and Michael Rossi were great in that T.V. show . It looks like Ed has been to the best Hairdresser salon in Hollywood just prior to the opening scene .
So far we haven't gotten to meet a platoon sergeant except for Hanley, before he was commissioned, and Saunders, when he was doubling as squad leader and acting platoon sergeant.
That was entirety uncalled for. You should take your own advice.