COMBAT! s.2 ep.7: "Doughboy" (1963)
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- Episode written by Bernard C. Schoenfeld & Gene Levitt and directed by Tom Gries, with Vic Morrow, Eddie Albert, Alida Valli, Jack Hogan, Paul Busch, Eric Braeden, Michael McDonald, William Harlow (www.imdb.com/title/tt0544503/). Original air date: 29 October 1963.
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*It should be noted that actor Eddie Albert was a real-life World War II hero in the South Pacific theater.*
In 2013 I went back to South Vietnam to revisit two places where in May and June 1969 I fought during the battle of Dak To and Ben Het.
I had intense flashbacks when I returned to Dak To, as if I were reliving that battle.
PTSD is real and can never be cured.
Those of us who have experienced war firsthand will carry the memories of combat until we pass away.
Old soldiers never die we just fade away.
I'll be 75 years old next week. I never thought that I would live so long.
Thank you for your service and sacrifice, Thomas Bleming.
Welcome home, my brother in arms.
Amen bro...tet/ '68....
May God continue to bless & keep you ! Take care,God "got" your back !!!
Soy mexicano y admiro su valentía y heroismo para su patria, que siempre reine la paz en este mundo de guerras!
I loved Combat when I was a kid. I'm watching these episodes now and I realize how good Combat still is. Excellent scripts, action, drama, character development, and I love the ethical dilemas and morality plays. They don't make great TV like this anymore.
The quality of these episodes is simply marvelous. The editing is excellent. Till the 60s there were quite a few WW2 veterans to advise the makers of this series to make the episodes realistic.
I’m amazed at the quality of these shows. I remember how much I liked it as a kid, it’s stood the test of time. Eddie Albert did a great job. “OLIVER!!!”
Yeah, but he just threw away the sergeant's 1911!!!
Quality plots with quality old school actors, as Morrow, Eddie Albert.
He liked farming so much that back state side he married Ava Gabor and settled down on a money pit of a farm near Hooterville.
@@charlieross-BRM 😁😁😁
Edie Albert was a true Hero in WW2 highly decorated! RIP Sir and Thank You 🙏🏻🇺🇸
I read little article of a WW1 Brit soldier who sayed in France after so he could be the caretaker and honor guard of a cemetary for his regiment at The Somme. He was still there in 1940. The Germans invading in '40 found him, considered him harmless and let him stay. He ended up hiding a lot of downed Allied airmen and found some resistance fighters to get them back to Britian. There is a great yet made movie somewhere in that.
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That’s awesome!! I’ve read and heard stories of soldiers staying behind when they married the women there… There was snafu’s of misdated information that put WW-1 vets on combat duty till it was too late. Most Vets knew the terrain and some sailors knew the waters were serving till the snafu (situation normal all fouled up) was corrected. Over time the administration had fixed the processing and the information age was being perfected to avoid issues.
We were one of the first in the estate to get a black and white telly a and my dad and I would sit on the couch eyes glued when combat came on ( my dad a desert rat survived) It's great to be able to watch these again minus my dad who passed over in the 90's and me now 70 many thanks to you all for putting these on the tube.
Excellent episode! The war to end all wars.
Thank you for posting the best show ever, Combat, power packed with life lessons and illustrated sermons we need so much in these perilous times, to inspire us onward and to not give up,
One of my favorite episodes. I loved it when Eddie bayoneted that Heine.
Fun fact: Eddie Albert was awarded the Bronze Star (with "V") for his actions as a coxswain on a landing craft at the invasion of Tarawa, saving over 70 Marines.
A Bronze Star with V, for valor, is the only Bronze Star that counts. It can be awarded without citation, that is, for no particular reason, which means that you can get one, just if your superiors happen to like you. Too many officers and senior enlisted got them, for being golden boys in a combat zone, and that cheapens the the award, for those that gave much, and even all.
You are welcome! Personally, I love the B&W cinematography in this series and I find it more appropriate for the era it depicts (it also allowed for the occasional incorporation of real war footage, as in the beginning s.1 e.3). Thank you for mentioning WWII vets, since Eddie Albert was one of them - and a recipient of the Bronze Star medal.
Combat is acknowledged to have been a great TV show.
I was saddened when Rick Jason killed himself, and Vic Morrow died making a movie.
what the horrors of war can do to a human..a man who has suffered so much..saw to much..and before they labeled it PTSD..great episode..
It was at Tarawa. . .he picked up wounded Marines in the water who were forced to abandon their landing crafts because of the reef and low tide. He put his life on the line despite being under enemy fire.
Eddie Albert was a genuine hero as an enlisted boatswain mate on an LCVP at Tarawa. Yogi Berra had the same job at Normandy
Second season Combat! Excellent!!! Watched this when I was a kid, but am only now appreciating its true quality since doing active military service myself. This show actually tried to get it as right as it could, given the restraints of 1960s TV. Most of the actors were real WWII vets... and it shows. It would be great to see the B&W seasons colorised. Thanks so much for the uploads.
One of the best episodes I've seen! The old soldier is sad and glorious at the same time, and the actor doing it is very good too. Regards
Forgot it: Alida Valli, an Italian actress, in her younger years was amazingly beautiful. Regards again
Q
The old guy is Eddie Albert, he was on a sitcom called Green Acres with Eva Gabor in the 60's and/or 70's. In WWII he was a sailor who drove landing craft for seaborne invasions by Marines and Army. The acting in this episode is great but I still think the premise is pretty bad.
@@lennyhendricks4628 Eddie was awarded the Bronze Star for is actions at Tarawa
@@ronaldmcdonald3965 -- Good for him. He seemed like a great guy.
Damn, Eddie`s flashback to WW1 was intense!
Parts of all quiet on the western front
eddie was a NAVY MAN DURING WW2.
When I was a kid "Combat" was the best part of my childhood. Until now, when I'm 64, Sgt. Saunders, Lt. Hanley and their platton are my good friends. That episode is one of the best. Morrow, Eddie Albert and the italian actress Alida Valli (passed away in 2006) are fantastic in their rules. R.I.P. Greetings from Brazil.
I remember a lotof these.
My favorite too!
Can't help it with Dad and 4 brothers, moms 4 and Father n Law all served and came home.
Only Dad's brother Willy Pete, 82nd Airborne was hit by flak jumping in on D Day sent.
All others home safe!
La p km
I bet Eddie's thinking, "Green Acres is the place to be!"
Oh yeah. Thought the same. With Za Za and Arnold the pig. Funny. Thanks 😊
ya ole eddys still at "the farm"
NOT
@@jstetzer01 You idiot! That was the lovely Eva Gabor who played Lisa, not her underwhelming sister, Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Gosh !
This was a terrific episode also ! Use to watch Combat as a very YOUNG boy (6 to 10 yrs. old). Didn't realize then how great these programs were until later ! My dad's uncle (my great uncle) was a world War 1 doughboy he got gassed really bad... he came back with a purple heart....he wound up drinking a lot after the war my dad said (that's all I know) I guess maybe to deal with either the physical or emotional pain of it all.
War is brutal ! Programs like these make ya appreciate the soldiers. They just don't make programs like these anymore at all ! And nobody could play Sgt. Saunders better than Vic Morrow !!
' Didn't realize then how great these programs were until later ! ' Young & callow. I ignored Star Trek in the 1960s - didn't understand why the other high school kids would rush home to watch it. Later, watched every episode multiple times, every movie with the original cast. Not the spinoffs.
As a kid watching Combat! along with my mom, I always enjoyed the way the producers would add real WWII film footage from Europe into the series. Especially the early Black & White episodes. Really gave it that WWII documentary feel to it. One of the very best TV series of the 60's. Glad I lived through it. It has been years since I watched any TV. I subscribe to Hulu/Hulu Showtime with no ads, Netflix and of course there is CZcams which I downloaded Ad Blocker. No ads to interrupt what I am watching or listening to music on CZcams. That is my entertainment.
Eddie Albert was one of the heroes of Tarawa. He was the real deal.
I appreciate everyone who has downloaded these fine shows onto YT. I'm 47 and never had a chance to watch these before. I'm addicted now and am watching each one in order. Without YT not yanking these shows I'm now in appreciation and will be getting DVDs.
Not only can you tell the quality level of the actors from then, but you get respect for the soldiers, neither you really get on tv today.
I am from Malaysia age 52 and now addicted too... hahaha know these movie age 8...1975.... thanks admin vlog movie.
33 and just recently found this work of art. I feel you.
Some of these actors are real vets from the war also. This one guy with shell shock from WW1 got a Bronze Star in WW2. Great actor Eddie Albert. Died a few years ago at age 97
Only the best show ever, Combat, could have World War Two meet World War One, in such an inspiring remarkable spectacular visually stunning way, to spur us onward and to not give up our live free or die patriotic spirit that knits together we the people.
Eddie Albert Served in the United States Navy during WWII. According to IMDB,
He was an active participant in the battle of Tarawa (Nov. 1943), one of the bloodiest battles of World War II and in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps. Albert was credited with rescuing up to 70 wounded Marines while under enemy fire. He was awarded the Bronze Star with a combat "V". He did not speak about this publicly until it was mentioned in several television documentaries about the battle in the 1990s. Took a landing craft from the ships to the shore, and back, over 20 times to bring back wounded Marines from the shore. Had given up his acting career to enlist and went through OCS to become an officer. He played as Oliver Douglas on Green Acres. He also worked as a spy for the U.S. government as a spy in Mexico like copperblazer1 stated.
In the movie “ The Longest Day “ he was paired with Robert Mitchum at Omaha Beach. Albert was the last casualty in that movie. Just remembering …
He won a Bronze Star in WWII for saving 47 Marines stuck off the beach while under heavy fire.
He also stared in the classic movie the Longest Yard as the warden.
+Claude “Reviews4U” Rains That was one his best roles I think in the Longest Yard . I didn't know about His bravery . What a outstanding Guy.
@Cliff Yablonski I've read that story. Eddie was indeed very brave under fire and should have gotten a higher award then he received.
Edi a real war hero doing his best Sleepy Joe impression
I thought I heard somewhere he was a Normandy Veteran !!
Cliff Yablonski , He was also leaving environmentalist and spent most of his life promoting it.
My grandfather fought in WW1, he was a very quiet person , never rarely talked about the war.
Great episode of "COMBAT!"s second season,and all the more ironic,since this segment was directed by Tom Gries,who created "THE RAT PATROL" in 1966 for Mirisch Rich TV Prods and United Artists Television. Eddie Albert,some two years before CBS's "GREEN ACRES" TV series,delivers a great preformance,as a Doughboy,who still thinks he's in World War I! great film and sound editing in this episode,as well as great actors!
Edie was such a Gentleman, you’d never think he was a Warrior!
Thank you for posting one of my favorite shows of all time. I loved it as a boy and at almost 63 I still do!
I remember how great this show was 50 years ago. I forgot how great this episode was.
One of the better episodes....
Saunders just tosses away a Thompson magazine when empty.
Last one I sold brought $85.00.
Great episode and Eddie Albert was a perfect choice for this role. What a great actor.
What a great show
Eddie Albert was a great actor.
He was also a spy.
Prior to World War II, and before his film career, Albert had toured Mexico as a clown and high-wire artist with the Escalante Brothers Circus, but secretly worked for U.S. Army intelligence, photographing German U-boats in Mexican harbors.
On September 9, 1942, Albert enlisted in the United States Navy and was discharged in 1943 to accept an appointment as a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
He was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat "V" for his actions during the invasion of Tarawa in November 1943, when, as the pilot of a U.S. Coast Guard landing craft, he rescued 47 Marines who were stranded offshore (and supervised the rescue of 30 others), while under heavy enemy machine-gun fire.
+ copperblazer 1 , thank you for that , I had heard that Eddie Albert was a decorated veteran of WW 2 , but did not know the full story .
WHAT German U Boats in Mexican harbors? You gotta be kidding me. There was an interned Italian cargo ship in Tampico and a few more Axis ships elsewhere. But certainly no German U boats. Heck, the VIIC type did not have the range...maybe a IXC type and that only if you had a "milch" cow supplying them.
copperblazer1 Touché Sir, Touché
Mario Quijano why are you surprised at Germans boats being in mexico? They were shot at off the coast of Delaware for Christ sake. They were also poking their nose all over the Caribbean and South America during that time
There were U-boats in the Gulf. The U-166 (Type IXC) was sunk south of Louisiana.
During 1942 and 1943, more than 20 U-boats operated in the Gulf of
Mexico. They attacked tankers transporting oil from ports in Texas and
Louisiana, successfully sinking 56 vessels.
Eddie Albert was awarded the Bronze Star for is actions at Tarawa
I did not know that.
Thanks for sharing
Love this Episode RIP Eddie Albert 🙏❤🙏 A true American war hero 🇺🇸💪👍
Vic Morrow, is a Great Actor .... One of the Very Best , Too Bad, he hooked up with Barbara Turner ...
Tarantino paid loving respect to this series in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood". Check the Vic Morrow poster on the city bus (in Combat gear).
This show is awesome. Thank you.
That was a great episode!
I watched Combat faithfully along with the Monkees and Rowan and Martin etc.
Nice footage of the railway gun. Anzio Annie, used in Italy
Yes, right and you can still visit it in Maryland, USA at the Aberdeen Proving Ground. Another example of the beaststands in France near Pas de Calais next to "Battery Todt" at the "Musée du Mur de l'Atlantique" ;-) . It was "Eisenbahngeschütz K-5" named "Leopold" not like in the movie "Bertha". "Die Dicke Bertha" ("Thick Bertha") wasa german heavy artillery gun from the First World War. This is what Eddie Albert had in mind. His WW I experiencewith "Bertha". :-)
combat was one of the first shows i followed as a boy(8) in this one, rawhide was my other big one , who actually had Rick Jason sometimes, Eddie Albert, Claude Akins, well, @ & just to many for this ol noggin to name from way back yonder, ya know the way all those greats switched around back then. sure was my time of the week though. on an U.S. Air Force base with tin foil, whatever rabbit ears could be found from the last jump, the episodes were quite special at the time! sittin on the floor in my p.j.s eatin hot dogs @ baked beans with milk @ ah slice of white bread with butter on it, Heaven!!!
peace forever...after we win this one...
Eddie WAS a great actor! He could play almost any part in any movie. This COMBAT! episode is just another great display of talent, from acting, directing, & story. The entire series is really an American treasure & there cannot & will not EVER be a show of any kind that comes close to it. All the "actors", & "directors" of today are more concerned with anti-American mindsets that instead of creating a powerful & timeless series seek to divide Americans rather than extol their virtues. The trash they call entertainment is more geared towards forcing acceptance of queerness, bi-racial relationships, & left-wing propaganda.
Want a KICKAZZ Mr. Douglas performance? Check him out him in "Captain Newman, M.D." EXCELLENT movie up until the very end when it sadly degnerates into silliness. I guess they felt the seriousness of the subject was too intense for viewers, so some ridiculous comedy would sorta soften the blow? However up until then, a truly fascinating film, and Mr. Albert's performance is exemplary. A MUST see!
The Gallant Men. G.I.s fighting up the boot of Italy. I thought just as good but never caught on as Combat. Both series released about the same time.
Did anyone else recreate the opening credit explosions on their Light Bright? I would play with my little green army men in front of it.
That was before ‘pixel’ was even a word.
@@whiterook8483 Back when I used to make fun of the kids in computer class. Now they're millionaires and I paint houses. (not like Robert De Niro) lol.
Gitarzan 66 I know, right? I have a 4 yr old Grandson that has his own IPad and he sends me stuff all the time. At 4 I was on the floor with the little green army men. I did get the combat helmet and walkie talkie for Christmas one year. The walkie had Sgt Saunders voice. When it went kaput I opened her up and dot was a very small vinyl disc like a small record.
@@whiterook8483 Right on. My favorite thing was my 'Navarone' mountain and army men set. I even hand painted each army man. I loved that stuff. I bought my son who is 13 now a vintage set of green army men for X-mas a few years ago and he never even took them out of the box. He only comes away from his comp to eat lol. I tried to watch Band Of Brothers with him back in the spring. He stuck it out for 2 episodes. Times have changed. Kids are very different now. Oh well I had fun when I was little.
This Vic Chick thanks you!
Glad I saw this. One of the more "far out" episodes, but I liked it. My grandfather was in the 4th Battle of Verdun, 1918. I like how Eddie Albert's shooting skills have all gone to hell, but not his bayonet training. But, although enthused at first, my grandfather grew to hate the war, the weapons and all. He and his unit were sent "over the top" with orders to take no prisoners. The Germans were out of men, they were fighting with boys. As his unit advanced, he found a German on the ground, a frightened boy as he related to my brother, and stabbed the earth between his arm and torso, so his Sergeant would see him apparently delivering the coup de grace. He very rarely spoke of his combat experience, and then only with disgust.
War is hell.
I saw this episode as a kid in the 70’s. I look at it though older eyes today. Nice M1903 and M1910 bayonet.
When I was in Bootcamp in 68 there was a Democrat convention in Chicago. Navy was concerned that the base might be attacked. So, they put us recruits (all E1s) to patrolling the fence lines and we carried 1903 Springfields (with lead barrel plugs) and the bayonet for them, tack welded into the scabbard. We had helmet liners, lace up leggings, duty belt, canteen, posted area map and a whistle. We all looked like something out of a WW 2 John Wayne movie called "They were Expendable". Today was Biden inaug. Saw pics of NG with backs turned to motorcade. 52 years between. How things have changed since back then.
I take your point. In particular, the S1 episodes directed by Robert Altman are works of art. Still, the reality of war is that they are fought in not-so-glorious living and dying colour. I am more than happy to watch in B&W though, as this is easily the best WWII series ever made. Thanks again. Cheers
That 03 He is carrying is pretty sweet.
One of my best friends inherited an 03 from his great uncle 25 years ago. It's still in the canvas bag, with cosmoline in the barrel, never issued, factory fresh. He also got a M1922 M2 and a Mossberg 44US. It turns out his great Uncle was marksmanship instructor during WWII. He had no idea what he had. I tried everything I could to get that 03 from him.
That was a P-17...got one...
Vic Morrow was superb.Alida Valli from The Third Man
I haven't seen a blackened or blued bayonet in this series yet. They are all bare metal and polished to a nice shine.
Always loved this series, grew up with it.
Leonard Rosenman's music resonates through out every episode!
Another great episode
The last American veteran of WW I Frank Buckles died in 2011. Ironically, he was working for a shipping company in the Phillipines and stayed behind to supply American soldiers and was captured and imprisoned by the Japanese. Soon all veterans of WW II will be gone too.
Wow, amazing you would mention Frank. I got to be part of a birthday celebration for the old guy. There was a whole bunch of people showed up at his farm. The Patriot Guard organized that. I think it was his 96th birthday. He was a soldier in WW1, lied about his age to join.
@@unclemikeb And Frank made it to 110 years of age. Few people make it that far in life.
It did me good to see Kirby finally sporting that long-desired BAR. By this point he had finally acquired it. I would have liked to see him reload it once in a while, though. Four of five short bursts and it's time for a new mag.
Thx for the Combat uploads... really great quality versions too.
this episode reminds me of the old comic books Weird War Tales
if arnold ziffle walks out wearinga kraut uniform i'm through.
Now thats funny
Me too. I'm laughing 🤣 my hiney off.
@@jstetzer01 Hiney, German, oh the punny things said here, lololololo........
Ha ha ha ha ha! Arnold Ziffle lmfao!! So funny!!
that's freakn' hilarious !!!
One of my favorite episodes.
Thanx major dude. Didn't get to watch this show when I was a kid.
34:30, that’s about where Andy n Opie went fishing. I recognize it.
That's Opie's and Pa's fishin' hole!
Nb. อ
Alida Valli had a long illustrious career. Very famous in Europe.
I love this show
Hootervilles best citizen and his son Ebb..
I live a few blocks from the street Eddie Albert grew up on (Minneapolis). Read his Wikipedia page sometime, he was an accomplished fellow, used to be a trapeze artist too. The dude was versatile. As others mentioned, he was a WWII hero and saved many lives on D Day.
Albert's action was on the island of Tarawa in the Pacific theater. He was not at Normandy on D-Day.
tv's all-time best flashback runs 16:20 - 18:00
Great episode.
I know I keep saying another great episode but it's the truth. Plus it has Eddie Albert another great actor who has left us.
I love all the episodes you've loaded. I'm watching them in order. Love Saunders, Cage, and all the guys with their shirts off - yes, please, more wounds in the chest :)
This is the first one that has brought a tear to my eye - at the end...no, sadly WWI was not the war to end all wars. We are still waiting for that - and it will be so awful .....
'Green acres is the place for me!..farm living is the place to be!.. land spreadin out so far 'n wide!..keep Manhatten, 'jus gimme that country side!'....
Combat episodes makes me feel inspiring Even they are areshown in movies or in television because it shows more goodsvalues about our and even bad character but up to th end of the show, still the goods and the bestt about a life is on the top
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WOW, thank yo u for putting that episode on
Even from just the story's point of view, I thought it was amazing that 26 years later, he could fit into his old uniform! 😁😎
From IMDb & other postings about him, probably wouldn't have been surprising for Eddie Albert! 😁😎
If you're talking about from WW1 to the making of this in 1963, that sure wouldn't be me fitting in it!
Hope Mr. Haney doesn't rip him off, for that new tractor.
Special Thanks to Antonio Salvo for identifying the beautiful Italian actress Alida Valli. I have never seen a gorgeous Italian woman with pretty light blue eyes and blond hair! She was very captivating!
Green Acres is the place for me! Where was Zsa Zsa?
Oh goodness me, Saunders now has some spare mags on his belt! About time.
That was Eva.
I love the series Combat! I was just a 13 year old kid when I saw these episodes air the first time back in 1963. I tried to never miss one, but who knows. I don't remember most episodes, so they're all new to me again. My dad fought in the war and he used to tell me not to believe much of the episodes because he said combat back then just wasn't like the shows. But he watched them with me. (Even though he fought and won the Bronze Star plus a number of other lesser awards, he never had problems talking about the war with me. Unusual from what I understand. But he was of German descent and stayed there after the war as part of the occupation; married my mother, a German and I was raised over there in a small German town until I was 11.)
Still, I think it's humorous that what appears to be an MG42 can't hit three guys at less than fifty feet. Sorry boys, but you would have been dead if it were real (at about 11:30 of the episode).
+FarleyX Wilbur , What is the name of the town in Germany you lived in until age 11?
Kurt Homan
Kelkheim (Taunus). I will be going back this summer. I have found several affordable houses (when I sell what I own here) and think I will stay there.
*****
There were always soldiers who raped. There's a cemetery in France, Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, where 95 rapists and murderers were buried in Plot E after they were executed. The only man executed for desertion, Pvt. Eddie Slovik, is also buried there. Yes, GI's raped, killed and plundered and many were deserters as well. Paris had a couple particularly violent U.S. deserter gangs who became their organized crime kings after the war. My father did not tell me about this. I acquired this from reading a lot of history books, many of them primary sources.
Howard Fortyfive
For whatever reason my father was fairly open about his experiences and even passed on the book his infantry division printed about its history in WWII. Along with it came a printed history of his platoon and even his squad. Apparently, since his division started as a training division, they got a fair number of intellectuals and had some great writers among them. My dad was a trainer too, but his specialty was radar. Fortunately this kept his division out of combat until Dec 1944. Still, he fought and was brave enough to win a bronze star. His act was in the booklet on his squad. Sadly, while he was in the hospital for a week with the flu many in his squad were gunned down by a "friendly" machine gun. He said this was the hardest thing to bear about his entire period in combat. Understandable too.
Peace forever only when the Good Lord returns. We lost our son to the Iraq war.
Sorry for lost may he rest in peace
This is a dear drama!
It was a popular program on TV when I was a schoolchild.
Now see,
I'd have shown the Army giving him an award, and a brand new Massie Ferguson tractor for his contribution.
Eddie Albert never missed an opportunity to show of his physic.
Good to have seen Eddie Albert in a episode that wasn't Green Acres.
My dad, a WWII veteran, loved this episode. I remember watching it when originally broadcast in '63. I watching the posts in order and its funny how many episodes I don't remember. But then I saw then 50 years ago and just once.
This was a very good episode I never saw it in 1963, the World War1 soldier has to fight the krauts twice; and World War 2. Sgt. Saunders and the soldier's wife defeat the krauts.
Eddie Albert Got the Congressional medal of Honor for saving over a 100 Marines
thanks. you have so many excellent show, sure am enjoying the kraft suspense theatres you are sharing.
Thanks a lot greatfull to you andthanks once agn
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That lakeside area sure looks like the place where Andy and Opie used to go fishing!
There were a few Japanese soldiers who never got the news of the surrender and kept fighting on tiny Pacific islands into the 1960's, when this show aired. I wonder if the writers were referencing that.
The actor who played the old solider also played as a colonel in the "Longest Day". He was shot on the beach close to the end of that longest film.
+David Black Eddie Albert was a Hollywood star, who enlisted and became a decorated service man, for his actions at Tarawa.
He reminds me of Biden, a confused old man.
Hermosa Alida Valli!❤
2021/Update: As already mentioned a few times, the scenario may seem a bit far fetched but I have known personally former German soldiers where I lived in Brittany that were stationed there during WWII but stayed afterwards. As others mention here, such situations as relatively rare as they may have been, did exist A notorious case being Joachim Peiper who went back to France and lived near Traves, near the Swiss border. His "notoriety" finally caught up with him and in 1976, on July 14th, some anti-fascists set fire to his house where he either suffocated or was burnt to death. Update/2021: I believe the underlying theme here is what used to be called : shell shock but since the Vietnam War ,Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or by it initials PTSD. I am sure many of you know people who have or still do suffer from it, be it due to war or so many other sources. I feel that this character "Marie" saw the basic goodness of Phil. I know how horrible some cases can be as one of my grandfathers suffered from PTSD from WW I. My grandmother stayed loyal to him to the end. No small feat for those around people who suffer from it. As already mentioned here, Eddie Albert (Phil) saved about 70 wounded marines at Tarawa and awarded the Bronze Star while serving during WWII. Eddie Albert played in "Roman Holiday", " The Heartbreak Kid" and perhaps better known in the séries Green Acres. Of course, Eddie Albert appeared in scores of other movies and TV series from the late 1930's to the late ' 90s. Six decades of entertainment. Eddie left us in 2005 at the age of 99. Alida Valli,(née Alida Maria Laura von Altenburger) I believe merits some mention as well. Born in Pola Italy (modern Croatia) She starred in movies in Italy before, during, and after the war, but in 1943 she had to hide as she refused to play in propaganda movies. She played in such hits as "The Third Man" but then in some flops. By 1955 she returned to Italy. In this rôle she plays a French woman and even though she speaks mostly in English her French is more than passable as it is for many Italian actors. Alida like Eddie Albert, her career spanned more than 6 decades, her last movie "Angel of Death" in 2001. Alida left us in 2006 at the age of 84. Merci pour le téléchargement.
Check out eddie albert in the movie "Attack". Excellent movie. Lee Marvin and Jack Palance are in it too.