My father and I watched this show together every week. Then he'd get out a WWII map and we'd find the area of the show for that week and look it up in the encyclopedia. This show gave me a deep respect for the men and women who served. A WWII veteran, my father liked it because it showed the day to day grind of the infantry and the fact there was no glory in war.
My dad was a Korean War veteran, nam and lifer. My 4 brothers and I watched when my dad was in nam and also with him when he was home, along with 12 o'clock high and Rat patrol.
To CYNTHIA I just read your one year old comment you posted on that COMBAT episode OPERATION FLY TRAP with guest star GARY LOCKWOOD* Your FATHER is to be ADMIRED!! The actor who was the GERMAN CAPTAIN captured by SARGE SAUNDERS was FRANK MARTH who was seen on the HONEYMOONERS TV SERIES and from 1955 tru the early 1970s was seen on dozens of TV SERIES* And I believe is a GERMAN AMERICAN* And of course GARY LOCKWOOD as the grouchie new replacement (doesn,t SAUNDERS allways get a grouch each week?) and GARY was a popular TEEN IDOL TYPE back in the early 1960s and also speaks GERMAN!! Thanks once again for your comment and if you type into keyboard :COMBAT TV SERIES: INTERNET ARCHIVE you will get EVERY COMBAT EPISODE (as well as on YOU TUBE)******
Born in 1962 but remember watching the reruns on our black and white tv with my dad back in the late 60's. Dad was a platoon Sgt in the Korean war. Always loved this show.
Me born in 1061 in Germany. To the German TV responsible the show was to militaristic in those days. Wonder if a German station would buy a remake of this show nowdays.
Nice to meet you whose father is a veteran who participated in Korean War. I am a Korean who always thank US for sending troops and saving Free Korea in Korean War . We don't forget 35 thousand American soldiers who were killed in our country. If it had not been for US ,there would not be present developed Korea. God bless you and your family, from South Korea.
I remember watching Combat with my brother and my Dad, Dad served but he never saw war. He was in the Pentagon, he typist he had College degree, but he said a lot about the men he knew who served. He got emotional knowing so many perished he cry watching some shows. He met my Mom she too served in the service. This show blows my mind the emotions shown, its classic its awesome. The writers amazing, just amazing.
Sargent Saunders as portrayed by Vic Morrow had real leadership qualities. Years later, when I became an Army Officer myself, I looked for Sgts with qualities like Vic but never did find one. They are a rare breed indeed. During WWII, Saunders would have been a prime candidate for battlefield commission, although I have a feeling Saunders might have refused it, for he thrived on leading a squad of hardened combat infantry soldiers.
I always looked up to Vic Morrow's character ...always looked forward to watching him go to work every week! Vic Morrow seemingly LIVED his character... it's as if he was just being himself y know?
After 1945, a rule or rules made in regard to the USA military, there are other areas. Such as to be an officer, a college degree was required: College, Military Academies; PLC, ROTC. For the non-commissioned officers [NCO's], at least an Diploma or GED. Being literate is very important, and as interactions occurred, e.g. State Department, Barracks, Seaports with liberty or furlough, this, literacy,, and being tactful, helps. Yet, a person needs to know what they are getting into. Know the not pleasant side: sleeping on the ground, being in mud, sand, snow, mountains, at sea [know how to swim, yet use a flotation device]. Dealing with adversity helps us grow spiritually, and emotionally. Looking from another's view point helps to understand why certain actions happened. We're the actions not moral, being on the moral side is where we are to be.
@@kensellers4082 lol I think we had one but it never worked! It sat in a corner for a long time while we watched on a newer set. We didn't get our first color set until '69.
@@kathymcmahon6582 Absolutely! (although several years ago when I bought a jeep I wondered how cool it would look with .50 cal. mounted in the back...)
This TV series was the principle reason why I took three years of German language instruction during High School [1967-1970] A skill set that served me well during my Cold War tour of Duty in Nuremberg [[1976-1979]
What an Irony, I grew up in the Sixties in Germany. Shows like that had been seen as to militaristic for the German responsibles. So this one or 12 O´CLOCK HIGH never came up. Just watch them nowdays over CZcams more out of curiosity why Americans like them . Schöne Grüße aus Deutschland.
The universe of old Hollywood, especially back when Metro Goldwyn Mayer was an active motion picture and TV producer, where ABC-TV's "COMBAT!" was shot and filmed at in the 1960s, among other TV shows. ("COMBAT!"s last TV season was shot and filmed at CBS Studio Center when ABC aired the show In Color) the guest star in this episode is Gary Lockwood, who, by an interesting coincidence, had just finished filming the NBC/Metro Goldwyn Mayer TV series, "THE LIEUTENANT" (1963-64) that "STAR TREK" creator Gene Roddenberry had created and produced with Norman Felton. the actor playing the high ranking German officer in this episode is veteran actor Frank Marth, who graced the film and TV business, playing a variety of roles in his distinguished career!
I was born 1952 Watched this series with my WW2 combat veteran father This TV series was the principle reason why I took three years of German language instruction during High School [1967-1970] A skill set that served me well during my Cold War tour of Duty in Nuremberg [[1976-1979]
Lee Zeidel I was born in 58 and watched Combat with my brother and father, mom watched it too I think. I probably had my GI Joe out with me or my Stonies. I still remember some of the episodes.
An interesting side note on the series: Executive Producer Selig Seligman was an Army lawyer before going into TV production. Among his cases: representing the United States as a prosecutor in the Nuremburg trials!
Saunders is too much of a gentlemen, he just sits back and lets any fool self-destruct. But of course with Saunders around they can’t help but learn from his cool, level headedness and redeem themselves in the end. Got to hand it to Saunders, just love his character.
They got their prize in the end. But as Wellington said about Waterloo, " It was a close run thing." For Sgt. Saunders it was a calculated gamble. But, he knew from the beginning that he, and his squad had the upper-hand. The German commander was always a threat. But Sgt. Saunders pulled it off - only just as I said. A great tension filled episode. Brilliant direction.
You HAVE to go with a 'calculated gamble' sometimes, it works for me in life 80/90% of the time, but sucks in those few times when it doesn't. In the end, those instincts pays off for the most part, Robert at 67.
I agree with you about calculated gambles. Sometimes you win sometimes you lose. But I think sarge wanted some revenge for what the colonel did to his unit in Normandy. He mentions it when he over heard that colonels name and then that was his objective for the rest of the show. And for Doc : physician heal thy self hahahaha …
Gary Lockwood is still with us. Always loved his acting style. He was great in Star Trek, 2001 A Space Odyssey and in the film Firecreek with Henry Fonda. He always provided a real 'presence' in his acting, a talent most actors these days haven't even heard of. I'm still a fan Gary!
Gary is still with us. I talked with him 3 times at Star Trek conventions a few years ago. We talked mostly about 2001: A Space Odyssey and I got autographs. He's very outspoken, interesting, usually cordial, and occasionally funny.
Agreed. I couldn't finish watching it. No real story or plot...just a bunch of events strung together to fill an hour episode not to mention the ridiculousness of it all, as you said.
Gary Lockwood was in the 2 part episode of Gunsmoke entitled The Raid as the leader of the Stark gang. By the way Conlan Carter was also in numerous Gunsmoke episodes as well. In just about every episode I see people who were in Gunsmoke.
@@bobmalack481 Stand corrected!!! I was born in 1951. 58 years after 1964 = 2022. I guess it was 59 years later - now. I was 13 yrs. old when I watched this show. 73 in May 2024. Getting to the Geezer stage. Thanks for the reply.
Actually the Guest Star, Gary Lockwood, who played Sgt. Meider, did. He played, Lt. Commander Gary Mitchell in the Star Trek episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (1966). Gary Lockwood (born John Gary Yurosek; February 21, 1937) is an American actor known for his role as the astronaut Dr. Frank Poole in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). --Wikipedia
I just can't believe that in the real US army, they would have tolerated such insubordination. Or maybe that's why the US has lost every war they entered since WW2!
As in all things, planning and timing are everything. Saunders had a good plan and his timing was excellent. Results: The Americans got a German Colonel and transportation, while the Germans were left with NOTHING.
He was making a movie at 2 am with 2 kids ..an explosion for the scene went off and hit the rotor blades of the chopper flying overhead it crashed decapitating Vic and landing on the two kids who died as well/l
No Vic morrow no combat He got a leadership quality as Sargent Saunders and timeless actor He died in a twilight zone movie The director John lands have to be blamed When I watched combat I really missed the great Vic morrow
That was par for the series for "guest sgts"....Paul Burke, Lee Marvin, Gary Lockwood, Jack Lord, Robert Culp. All played Sgts who gave Saunders and the Squad nothing but attitude.
Pvt. Caje is of French ancestory from Acadia Canada. Relocated to Louisiana when the British took over Canada, the name Acadian (one from Acadia) morphed into the English word Cajun. Cajuns are well aware of their French heritage and identify more with France than Canada. So Pvt. Caje is very sympathetic to the European French people.
everyone questions the sarge's actions, he was on a mission to capture a high level officer, you don't do that by hiding in bushes, and he assumed correct!
How many contentious Sgts did Sarge encounter......Lee Marvin....Albert Salmi ......Jack Lord....Richard Anderson.....Gary Lockwood......Robert Culp..... oh yeah....I forget Jeff Hunter.
Never did figure out why Saunders had a USMC issued Duck camouflage cover on his helmet, it was quite common in the south pacific in Marine Corp combat newsreels not so in European theater newsreels of USARMY
Actually he got it from a obviously FUBAR airborne camo chute. Probably after D-Day. Would be easy enough to cut it out with a knife and fit it on his helmet. I was curious as well. And that was the official explanation.
@@mrtravdawg That is what my investigation found too. Plus, I think it was done so he would stand out to the audience. Camo uniforms were tried in the ETO. But were quickly dropped once it was found GI's were confusing US troops with the Germans, who were already wearing camo.
How many times did Saunders lose his helmet only to get a new one and manage to find a piece of camouflage parachute silk to make a cover for it. No, that's not a USMC camo helmet cover. Those had seams on the top. If you closely at Saunders, it is the correct field expedient helmet cover worn by some soldiers after D-Day, the deep pleats around the sides show that it is just a flat piece wrapped around the helmet.
Gary Lockwood is a rather sarcastic jerk in this episode, as he is in most parts he played, but he did play a good guy marine in the short lived series "The Lieutenant".
If you have a B.A.R. man AND a Thompson gunner, you have a CHANCE against a German MG. 34 or 42 machine gun sgainst your squad..Love Kirby (Jack Hogan lugging arouund a REAL B.A.R. at 20 odd pounds for his conviction for realism, rest of cast lugged wood and plastic mock ups for television..Robert at 69.
What I can't figure is why Saunders and the guys didn't just jump into the bushes off the road when they first heard the german truck coming, instead of running ahead and occupying a building.
Lt. Cmdr. Gary Mitchell, Farrell from Miri, Mudd's Women, and The Enemy Within, Troglyte number 1 from The Cloud Minders, Crazed Crewman from The Tholian Web, (oh what the hell...Lou Elias was in 5 Star Trek episodes), and Richard Lapham.
ThatsMrMoronToYou I remember Lockwood from the Firecreek movie with Fonda and Stewart. He was also on a mission impossible and MacGyver episode. Can't ignore that he was also on 2001 space odyssey movie. Poor Frank Poole.
Seems like as realistic a TV show or film Hollywood could put out at the time, esp . with substantial real Ami & Deutsch footage put in at times, mostly artillery being loaded & fired. The actors HAD to have earned every penny & More, getting sweaty, filthy, & wet... after serious training to look like real soldiers in combat.
and how they get down with cover and the Germans run right into their bullets. And how the German commander sets up his headquarters without securing the property first.
Can you see how Chicka can keep focus through others? He's very good at it. The same calm, mature, honest open is in continuum with others to one individual. This show has very good example of mortal finite structure extension for a cognitive gain.
Half a dozen Krauts turn up in a truck. Saunders is at a loss as to what to do: they are trapped. In another episode he would have mowed them down as soon as they alighted from the truck.
The thing is that they are always portrayed as terrible shooters and disorganized, which is not they way it was……..almost always, it’s Saunders squad of 4-5 guys that takes out superior numbers of Germans, but that is not what often happened…..usually it’s the Allied forces that overwhelmed the Germans with greater fire power and numbers that beat them back……. But I understand it’s Hollywood and everyone had to survive to make it to the next episode 😊
I'm sure that the captured German officer is a American as he has appeared in a Second world war Series as a U.S. General, called the Dirty Dozen starring Ben Murphy
A soldier is trained to disrupt the enemy every chance he got or gets. Poor soldiers like the tech sergeant did not want to do anything more than he had to...
My father and I watched this show together every week. Then he'd get out a WWII map and we'd find the area of the show for that week and look it up in the encyclopedia. This show gave me a deep respect for the men and women who served. A WWII veteran, my father liked it because it showed the day to day grind of the infantry and the fact there was no glory in war.
My dad was a Korean War veteran, nam and lifer. My 4 brothers and I watched when my dad was in nam and also with him when he was home, along with 12 o'clock high and Rat patrol.
Ok thanks you of film yes please i speack français it no english thank you .
My dad was in 30th INF DIV, Normandy, PH, BSM. We would watch each episode together every week.
To CYNTHIA I just read your one year old comment you posted on that COMBAT episode OPERATION FLY TRAP with guest star GARY LOCKWOOD* Your FATHER is to be ADMIRED!! The actor who was the GERMAN CAPTAIN captured by SARGE SAUNDERS was FRANK MARTH who was seen on the HONEYMOONERS TV SERIES and from 1955 tru the early 1970s was seen on dozens of TV SERIES* And I believe is a GERMAN AMERICAN* And of course GARY LOCKWOOD as the grouchie new replacement (doesn,t SAUNDERS allways get a grouch each week?) and GARY was a popular TEEN IDOL TYPE back in the early 1960s and also speaks GERMAN!! Thanks once again for your comment and if you type into keyboard :COMBAT TV SERIES: INTERNET ARCHIVE you will get EVERY COMBAT EPISODE (as well as on YOU TUBE)******
Born in 1962 but remember watching the reruns on our black and white tv with my dad back in the late 60's. Dad was a platoon Sgt in the Korean war. Always loved this show.
Me born in 1061 in Germany. To the German TV responsible the show was to militaristic in those days. Wonder if a German station would buy a remake of this show nowdays.
Nice to meet you whose father is a veteran who participated in Korean War.
I am a Korean who always thank US for sending troops and saving Free Korea in Korean War .
We don't forget 35 thousand American soldiers who were killed in our country.
If it had not been for US ,there would not be present developed Korea.
God bless you and your family, from South Korea.
I remember watching Combat with my brother and my Dad, Dad served but he never saw war. He was in the Pentagon, he typist he had College degree, but he said a lot about the men he knew who served. He got emotional knowing so many perished he cry watching some shows. He met my Mom she too served in the service. This show blows my mind the emotions shown, its classic its awesome. The writers amazing, just amazing.
Cp ngu tù binh k trói lại để súng bên cạnh no no 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Transmitan las películas completas en español
No hagas renegar
No aguas renegar
Sargent Saunders as portrayed by Vic Morrow had real leadership qualities. Years later, when I became an Army Officer myself, I looked for Sgts with qualities like Vic but never did find one. They are a rare breed indeed. During WWII, Saunders would have been a prime candidate for battlefield commission, although I have a feeling Saunders might have refused it, for he thrived on leading a squad of hardened combat infantry soldiers.
What about staff sgts? none either?
Vic Morrow = Great casting for the role.
I always looked up to Vic Morrow's character ...always looked forward to watching him go to work every week!
Vic Morrow seemingly LIVED his character... it's as if he was just being himself y know?
@@mikedag1176 Yup. He was Sgt Saunders.
After 1945, a rule or rules made in regard to the USA military, there are other areas.
Such as to be an officer, a college degree was required: College, Military Academies; PLC, ROTC.
For the non-commissioned officers [NCO's], at least an Diploma or GED.
Being literate is very important, and as interactions occurred, e.g. State Department, Barracks, Seaports with liberty or furlough, this, literacy,, and being tactful, helps.
Yet, a person needs to know what they are getting into. Know the not pleasant side: sleeping on the ground, being in mud, sand, snow, mountains, at sea [know how to swim, yet use a flotation device].
Dealing with adversity helps us grow spiritually, and emotionally.
Looking from another's view point helps to understand why certain actions happened.
We're the actions not moral, being on the moral side is where we are to be.
I feel lucky to have been able to see this and so many other great shows on tv back in the sixties. Great time to have a TV Set.
BLACK AND WHITE RULES
@@kensellers4082 lol I think we had one but it never worked! It sat in a corner for a long time while we watched on a newer set.
We didn't get our first color set until '69.
The greatest show ever, TV or movies! Nothing, NOTHING, compares to COMBAT! 👏🏼😎
We used to debate which was better Combat, Gallant Men or Rat Patrol....good times in a simpler world. lol
@@dmutant2635 there's NO comparison!!! Please!!!
@@kathymcmahon6582 Absolutely!
(although several years ago when I bought a jeep I wondered how cool it would look with .50 cal. mounted in the back...)
This TV series was the principle reason why I took three years of German language instruction during High School [1967-1970]
A skill set that served me well during my Cold War tour of Duty in Nuremberg [[1976-1979]
What an Irony, I grew up in the Sixties in Germany. Shows like that had been seen as to militaristic for the German responsibles. So this one or 12 O´CLOCK HIGH never came up. Just watch them nowdays over CZcams more out of curiosity why Americans like them . Schöne Grüße aus Deutschland.
Keep them coming, I am having a fine time reliving my childhood.
Ah, Vic, so great! So missed and loved.😪❤🙏
YEP. Even after all this time, 39 years ago July 23, 1982. He was gorgeous and sexy
@@kathymcmahon6582 Amen!
The definitive TV show about WWII. Thanks for posting.
The universe of old Hollywood, especially back when Metro Goldwyn Mayer was an active motion picture and TV producer, where ABC-TV's "COMBAT!" was shot and filmed at in the 1960s, among other TV shows. ("COMBAT!"s last TV season was shot and filmed at CBS Studio Center when ABC aired the show In Color) the guest star in this episode is Gary Lockwood, who, by an interesting coincidence, had just finished filming the NBC/Metro Goldwyn Mayer TV series, "THE LIEUTENANT" (1963-64) that "STAR TREK" creator Gene Roddenberry had created and produced with Norman Felton. the actor playing the high ranking German officer in this episode is veteran actor Frank Marth, who graced the film and TV business, playing a variety of roles in his distinguished career!
I was born in 56 and at 6 years old I was watching this show I loved it then and still do today 😉
I was born 1952 Watched this series with my WW2 combat veteran father
This TV series was the principle reason why I took three years of German language instruction during High School [1967-1970]
A skill set that served me well during my Cold War tour of Duty in Nuremberg [[1976-1979]
Lee Zeidel I was born in 58 and watched Combat with my brother and father, mom watched it too I think. I probably had my GI Joe out with me or my Stonies. I still remember some of the episodes.
Metoo 19⁵etp1⁹⁵57?
Metoo?!!
Same, 01-13-1956...Friday the 13th at that! Was watching this 1st run.
An interesting side note on the series: Executive Producer Selig Seligman was an Army lawyer before going into TV production. Among his cases: representing the United States as a prosecutor in the Nuremburg trials!
Gary Lockwood was an excellent actor, I remember seeing him years later as a guest star on Barnaby and Jones.
Starred in the second pilot of Star trek original series
He was also in 12 o’Clock High, 2nd season.
Superb episode, great Gary Lockwood performance
Saunders is too much of a gentlemen, he just sits back and lets any fool self-destruct. But of course with Saunders around they can’t help but learn from his cool, level headedness and redeem themselves in the end.
Got to hand it to Saunders, just love his character.
Saunders = super cool And Vic Morrow had that magic look.
He' (Vic) a dream!!
DEE LISH US
Once again, Cage is The Unsung Hero! All the dirty jobs he did so well. Karl
They got their prize in the end. But as Wellington said about Waterloo, " It was a close run thing." For Sgt. Saunders it was a calculated gamble. But, he knew from the beginning that he, and his squad had the upper-hand. The German commander was always a threat. But Sgt. Saunders pulled it off - only just as I said. A great tension filled episode. Brilliant direction.
You HAVE to go with a 'calculated gamble' sometimes, it works for me in life 80/90% of the time, but sucks in those few times when it doesn't. In the end, those instincts pays off for the most part, Robert at 67.
I agree with you about calculated gambles. Sometimes you win sometimes you lose. But I think sarge wanted some revenge for what the colonel did to his unit in Normandy. He mentions it when he over heard that colonels name and then that was his objective for the rest of the show. And for Doc : physician heal thy self hahahaha …
The best TV show about the war I've seen yet
YEP
The guys playing Germans are often times overlooked, but fine actors too. they make it all work.... bravo guys.
Yea they play guys you want to hate. So in that regard, yea Selig and the boys made sure you wanted to hate them.
'o+poo+
This is one of my favorite episodes!!! I have watched it several times
Just great as ever ! Great squad and brilliant actors, direction and production !
Great T.V. Thank you so much for posting these great videos!
Gary Lockwood is still with us. Always loved his acting style. He was great in Star Trek, 2001 A Space Odyssey and in the film Firecreek with Henry Fonda. He always provided a real 'presence' in his acting, a talent most actors these days haven't even heard of. I'm still a fan Gary!
Don't forget him as a Marine Corps. Lieutenant in the early 1960's series ' The Lieutenant '.
@@hermanator74301 That's right! Forgot about that one.
Loved the Lieutenant. They did have them all for free on CZcams. But they just got taken down.
Gary is still with us. I talked with him 3 times at Star Trek conventions a few years ago. We talked mostly about 2001: A Space Odyssey and I got autographs. He's very outspoken, interesting, usually cordial, and occasionally funny.
@@beyond_the_infinite2098 that is great you got to see him. would love to do the same
If his parents had called him Tom, instead of Vic, he would always have been ahead of his time. A great actor who died too young.
😂
I really like Saunders he's a good Sgt I've learned from him and his tactics
YES ---- VIC MORROW WAS ONE OF THE BEST..!..
Vic was and Still is COMBAT!!! Love the others as well 😁😁😁
11 Bravos doing what they do.
Operation Fly Trap, another brilliant masterpiece of Combat, the greatest war series on television to date!
Surely you jest, this episode was on the order of a Rat Patrol episode. Ludicrous.
Agreed. I couldn't finish watching it. No real story or plot...just a bunch of events strung together to fill an hour episode not to mention the ridiculousness of it all, as you said.
Phim vô thuật hồng kông
@@mondonico2010 ok get over it!!!
L.A. Wood ... don't forget the exclamation point after Combat ... Combat!
I just found sharing the shows in FACEBOOK! I had no idea. This was a very good show. I sent them another good one, the other one!
Gary Lockwood was in the 2 part episode of Gunsmoke entitled The Raid as the leader of the Stark gang. By the way Conlan Carter was also in numerous Gunsmoke episodes as well. In just about every episode I see people who were in Gunsmoke.
Lockwood was great in Star Treks "Where no man has gone before"
And in 2001.
And his own show THE LIEUTENANT
Watched this Combat as a Teen. Now 58 yrs. later as an Old Geezer. Great! Thanks.
58?..old geezer?..gimme a break, I'm 69 and take no prisoners..
@@bobmalack481 Stand corrected!!! I was born in 1951. 58 years after 1964 = 2022. I guess it was 59 years later - now. I was 13 yrs. old when I watched this show. 73 in May 2024. Getting to the Geezer stage. Thanks for the reply.
Gol dang SUPER episode! This one has it all.
Actually the Guest Star, Gary Lockwood, who played Sgt. Meider, did. He played, Lt. Commander Gary Mitchell in the Star Trek episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (1966). Gary Lockwood (born John Gary Yurosek; February 21, 1937) is an American actor known for his role as the astronaut Dr. Frank Poole in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
--Wikipedia
He also had a short-lived tv show called the Lieutenant. He played a USMC LT. Came out before Combat I think. 63 ish.
Sometimes you just feel like slapping these guys who don't want to listen to Saunders.
Bnhhh
Right you are!!
I just can't believe that in the real US army, they would have tolerated such insubordination. Or maybe that's why the US has lost every war they entered since WW2!
The dispatch rider had a great bug eyed expression when he realized he had been captured......worthy of Marty Feldman.
....... thought the same thing
LOL
Imagine if TV shows were good again. Forget it. Never gonna happen.
As in all things, planning and timing are everything.
Saunders had a good plan and his timing was excellent.
Results: The Americans got a German Colonel and transportation, while the Germans were left with NOTHING.
Google heinrich severloh...nothing...try 2500 dead Americans on Omaha beach.
YEP
That look on the despatch rider - Priceless... 😂🤣
I love Vic Morrow. He was one hell of an actor.
He was making a movie at 2 am with 2 kids ..an explosion for the scene went off and hit the rotor blades of the chopper flying overhead it crashed decapitating Vic and landing on the two kids who died as well/l
Miss Vic like crazy!!!
No Vic morrow no combat He got a leadership quality as Sargent Saunders and timeless actor He died in a twilight zone movie The director John lands have to be blamed When I watched combat I really missed the great Vic morrow
@@nadarajah2468 after yrs of Combat he must have had PTSD bad.
@@glendooer6211 I pray Vic was a believer and went to Heaven!!!
One of my favorite shows as a kid.every time I see a walkie talkie I always say the famous words...CHECK MATE KING TWO THIS IS WHITE ROOK OVER...
Excellent episode
Now I watch every day Thanks a lot
That was par for the series for "guest sgts"....Paul Burke, Lee Marvin, Gary Lockwood, Jack Lord, Robert Culp. All played Sgts who gave Saunders and the Squad nothing but attitude.
Lee Marvin...a real USMC vet of all island missions...was only 16 years old...family was well fixed...the energy and verve of youth!
@@johnrogan9420 Lee Marvin was a real Hero on Iwo Jima PFC USMC
@@kensellers4082 Yeah Said he got shot in the Ass, won his battle and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery PFC Lee Marvin USMC
@@cullenroden3917 supposedly there was some issue with this story. Some ppl say all of what Lee said was not true, so, who knows???
Pvt. Caje is of French ancestory from Acadia Canada. Relocated to Louisiana when the British took over Canada, the name Acadian (one from Acadia) morphed into the English word Cajun. Cajuns are well aware of their French heritage and identify more with France than Canada. So Pvt. Caje is very sympathetic to the European French people.
One of the very good episodes. I like Lockwood's wit.
everyone questions the sarge's actions, he was on a mission to capture a high level officer, you don't do that by hiding in bushes, and he assumed correct!
When you guys get done with S5 get after Gunsmoke and Have Gun Will Travel or Rebel. Timeless classics.
Rat patrol 12 o clock high garrison s guerilla s
I went through all the Wagon Train episodes on cable TV - INSP - and I'm gonna run the table on Rat Patrol when I get done with Combat!
Damn! Good episode!!!!!!
Yes! Best show ever! Clever! Real! Vic morrow rocks! Sad he lost his head!!! Really!!!!!
Thanks for posting! Great seeing actors from star trek in these episodes like gunsmoke and combat. Too bad the combat cast never guested in Star Trek.
guest star Gary Lockwood starred in a later series "The Lieutenant"
@@RubyBandUSA "Lieutenant" was prior to Star Trek and even this "Combat" episode.
All actors, especially up-and-comers, bounced around guest-starring all over hollyweird. Wagon Train recycled as many as Combat!
How many contentious Sgts did Sarge encounter......Lee Marvin....Albert Salmi ......Jack Lord....Richard Anderson.....Gary Lockwood......Robert Culp..... oh yeah....I forget Jeff Hunter.
Never did figure out why Saunders had a USMC issued Duck camouflage cover on his helmet, it was quite common in the south pacific in Marine Corp combat newsreels not so in European theater newsreels of USARMY
sarges brother sent to him from pacific side watch and learn
Actually he got it from a obviously FUBAR airborne camo chute. Probably after D-Day. Would be easy enough to cut it out with a knife and fit it on his helmet. I was curious as well. And that was the official explanation.
@@mrtravdawg That is what my investigation found too. Plus, I think it was done so he would stand out to the audience. Camo uniforms were tried in the ETO. But were quickly dropped once it was found GI's were confusing US troops with the Germans, who were already wearing camo.
(sigh) Per flashback episodes, he scavenged a camo parachute canopy on/about D-Day.
How many times did Saunders lose his helmet only to get a new one and manage to find a piece of camouflage parachute silk to make a cover for it.
No, that's not a USMC camo helmet cover. Those had seams on the top. If you closely at Saunders, it is the correct field expedient helmet cover worn by some soldiers after D-Day, the deep pleats around the sides show that it is just a flat piece wrapped around the helmet.
I always wondered about that. Thanks!
@@dmutant2635 Maybe he kept the whole parachute when he found it. That would explain the endless supply for New covers. Lol.
@@dmutant2635 he had a brother in another branch. That's where to cover comes from!!!
@@kathymcmahon6582 NOPE per the flashback episodes, he scavenged a camo chute canopy on/after D-Day.
Operation Fly Trap, another masterpiece! L.A. Wood
En français je pourrai comprendre !?
@Marki Faux come on Marki don't sugarcoat it tell him what you really think ;-)
A great show!
Stein love
Gary Lockwood is a rather sarcastic jerk in this episode, as he is in most parts he played, but he did play a good guy marine in the short lived series "The Lieutenant".
Vic is Great
I’m amazed that the Germans captured so many American vehicles!
Don't forget Gary in a show called The Lieutenant
Vic Morrow dropped out of high school at age 17 and joined the Navy!
love the show very much
Wow! I saw this 8 months ago back again in the wee hours @ work overnight
Es ce une ADRESSE ? Pour VOIR en FRANÇAIS ?
Assistia estes filmes na TV todo sabado a noite.n ano de 71 72
Combat is realistic, because most of the actors, directors and producers were veterans!
If you have a B.A.R. man AND a Thompson gunner, you have a CHANCE against a German MG. 34 or 42 machine gun sgainst your squad..Love Kirby (Jack Hogan lugging arouund a REAL B.A.R. at 20 odd pounds for his conviction for realism, rest of cast lugged wood and plastic mock ups for television..Robert at 69.
What I can't figure is why Saunders and the guys didn't just jump into the bushes off the road when they first heard the german truck coming, instead of running ahead and occupying a building.
You make a good point. You never trap yourself in a structure like that.
Wasn't in the script!!!!
Not sure who is in bldg either!!!!
Lt. Cmdr. Gary Mitchell, Farrell from Miri, Mudd's Women, and The Enemy Within, Troglyte number 1 from The Cloud Minders, Crazed Crewman from The Tholian Web, (oh what the hell...Lou Elias was in 5 Star Trek episodes), and Richard Lapham.
ThatsMrMoronToYou I remember Lockwood from the Firecreek movie with Fonda and Stewart. He was also on a mission impossible and MacGyver episode. Can't ignore that he was also on 2001 space odyssey movie. Poor Frank Poole.
It never fails, whenever there is another Sgt. involved, there will be friction between him and Saunders.
Great story
I love when Saunders shoots the krauts mercilessly
Seems like as realistic a TV show or film Hollywood could put out at the time, esp . with substantial real Ami & Deutsch footage put in at times, mostly artillery being loaded & fired. The actors HAD to have earned every penny & More, getting sweaty, filthy, & wet... after serious training to look like real soldiers in combat.
Heroic! Haré Krišna!
Praise God Almighty through our Lord and Savior Jesus ( only)!!!!
Great combatants
Lockwood was married for six years to Stephanie Powers. Great career or not, I'd say he did all right for himself in that regard.
That’s soooooo true!!
She was SUPER hot! Lucky guy, I would have been into her a long time!
My cousin Sara married a guy who could pass for Gary Lockwood.
Mantap
The characters in this series, both German and Americans seem to spend an awful lot of time chasing chickens.
Great shows. Love em
Open the pod bay doors Hal...
「コンバット」は、吹き替えよりもオリジナルが「台詞」の大切さを感じます。
ドイツ軍大尉の「諺」に、サンダースが「listen,too mucgh late」と言い返す所。
たしか、吹き替えでは、「待てば海路の日和あり」でした。意味は通りますが、
違和感がある。又大尉が「American verwelle,」降服したでは無く、管理している
と連絡兵に告げてる所など、やはり吹き替えや字幕には限界があります。
Gary Lockwood had Polish decent so he spoke German polish and Russian.
I love how they never run out of ammo and hardly have to reload...
and how they get down with cover and the Germans run right into their bullets. And how the German commander sets up his headquarters without securing the property first.
Man what I would pay for that dispatch riders' leather overcoat!
Can you see how Chicka can keep focus through others? He's very good at it. The same calm, mature, honest open is in continuum with others to one individual. This show has very good example of mortal finite structure extension for a cognitive gain.
as I keep saying thanks:-) :-)
Good stuff.
Wonder how many signed up from watching this show???
(raises hand...)
Good one
24:30 Always has to be one who is insubordinate and endangers the others.
Half a dozen Krauts turn up in a truck. Saunders is at a loss as to what to do: they are trapped. In another episode he would have mowed them down as soon as they alighted from the truck.
Retired LEO: I would follow Saunders to Hell and Back.
Saunders is code 4 all the way!
But then came the Korean war (Men in War) when Aldo Ray slapped him around. Yes, yes, I know that movie came out before Combat.
Gary Lockwood's German is sehr gut. Er spricht wie ein richtiger Deutscher! Wunderbar!
There's always at least one guy in the squad with a really bad attitude 🤣
The German soldiers in 'Combat' are tough and really fight, in lots of movies they make it like a shooting gallery, a kid's idea of war.
The thing is that they are always portrayed as terrible shooters and disorganized, which is not they way it was……..almost always, it’s Saunders squad of 4-5 guys that takes out superior numbers of Germans, but that is not what often happened…..usually it’s the Allied forces that overwhelmed the Germans with greater fire power and numbers that beat them back……. But I understand it’s Hollywood and everyone had to survive to make it to the next episode 😊
great old show but if you go the vehicles in it the Germans loved Studebaker deuces and Dodge powerwagons.
some m-37s and WC series trucks but haven't seen a power wagon in the show
According to Combat!, each Wehrmacht unit had at least one Soldat (usually junior to Gefreiter) assigned as the Designated Chicken Chaser...
That German going up to the loft, his last thought was, "I should have turned VEGATARIAN!!"
I'm sure that the captured German officer is a American as he has appeared in a Second world war Series as a U.S. General, called the Dirty Dozen starring Ben Murphy
Watch it as a kid still notice that the guns shoot without reloading
The wooden tub is self sealing!
A soldier is trained to disrupt the enemy every chance he got or gets.
Poor soldiers like the tech sergeant did not want to do anything more than he had to...
Antony Andre' The tech sergeant was pretty much a uniformed civilian.