The U.S. Army started WW2 drafting men age 26 and up. This soon dropped to age 21. By late 1944 the U.S. Army was down to drafting 18 year olds fresh out of high school. The military had no choice. While the British had reached the end of their manpower reserves in late 1944, the U.S. could still send fresh divisions to Europe relying on high school graduates. But due to intense American public and political pressure back home, president Truman began low-level demobilization sometime as early as March 1945. Still, Truman had to ensure available manpower for the two upcoming invasions of the Japanese home islands scheduled to begin in November 1945.

My brother and I used to go out into the woods and play combat, good times

Love these old shows .wrong n right like night and day.men were men girl turned into women no confusion

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I’m 6768 in a month I love combat my mom and dad would not let me watch it when I was young

27 million Russians died at the hands of Germany during World War II and we never forgot! 🇷🇺

GUDAL NJARAN IS BADOGANMU !

Do YOU EVER SEE GUPLAK NJARAN ? I AM SURE YOU LIKE GUPLAK NJARAN.

27 million Russians died at the hands of Germany during World War II and we never forgot! 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

Combat is so realistic, because most of the directors, producers and actors we're all veterans!

I've just started this. How do they explain him missing?

Man Jack Carter looks too old to be in the army. I can’t remember the other guys name but he was on Laramie a lot. I thought Saunders (Vic morrow) would kill him with one look. I love Vic morrow. He is a kick!❤

I love the no commercials. Not that there not needed. Cause when you got to go to the bathroom you need a commercial. Commercials have gotten too boring. And. I don’t like the way they promote things any more. It doesn’t make me want to go out and buy them. It just makes me not want to use there products at all. I love cows. There really fun to be around.

Dennis weaver was such an under estimated actor. He was quite good at what he did. Gunsmoke. Combat. Mccloud. Duel movie. He is good in anything. When I think of him I always think of him as being Chester. ❤

Actor who played Kirby died in 2023. He was 94. I believe it was a heart attack. Sorry. Only one left is Conlan Carter. He is 90.

That is hard on someone when they lose their hearing. Think of all the people out there whom are deaf. I use to have a lot of customers whom were deaf I use to wait on. I would read their lips. I had a lot of regular customers who came to me. I tried my best to give them my all cause they deserved as much attention as a person who could hear and I had one lady who was not only deaf but she could not talk either. I waited on her every day until I quit Fred Meyer. Love Vic morrows acting though superb! I truly wish we could see new combat episodes. But alas most of the original actors are all deceased. Too bad. I miss them all. ❤

Lloyd Bochner great actor Always loved his voice. He is probably playing a German. But he is a British soldier in hiding. Cool.

As a Farmer this one hits home !

Got to love, Vic Morrow (aka., Sgt. Saunders) ❤

I GREW UP WATCHING COMBAT, AND IT SERVED ME WELL, AS I ENDED UP IN FRONT LINE COMBAT INFANTRY AS A RIFLEMAN AT THE AGE OF 18.

And yet ANOTHER allied soldier who's needlessly and over the top hostile. If our forces were that riddled with incompetent or incapable men, we'd have lost the damn war.

First order of survival, Water! He's not carrying a canteen! Next food. Not carrying anything! Next, NEVER turn your back on avenues of approach!

I love combat absolutely the greatest but this episode is so unrealistic very hard to take serious

Sgt Fury and his Howling Commandos could always help out!

The Sgt. sure did get a collection of bad replacements!

Eucalyptus tree forest only in So Cal, baby.

Some of these scenes must have been filmed in Europe as all these buildings aren't in the uSA.

My legs, feet, and knees have issues. That long marching and hill climbing may have worn me to the bone. Torn cartilage does not feel good.

Thats a lotta wire!!!!

i like they way they shoot up ammo then when one gets killed they never take the dead mans ammo to top up just walk away and leave it

I'm just a Yank, but isn't that a Horsch w/a Mercedes hood ornament?

Watched this as a child with WWII vet. Dad I didn’t realize till now how much France looks like Southern California.

Five 0

This was a great world war II series in its time.

I'll Always Love you Little Miss Sunshine

Anybody ever think about the hollywood casting couch and how these guys got there rolls?

That guy is a marksman with his auto Thompson.

I wonder how many times, that smoking cigarettes, gave away a position to the enemy.

I grew up watching Combat, my parents bought me combat outfit and Vic's Tommy Gun

Lucky was the soldier who came back alive and in one piece. Those German and French winters had to be unforgiving. Cage is a winner.

Was mc bride little joe?

To be fair, Vic Morrow was old even for the average WW2 soldier. Unlikely at almost 40

At 08.07 you can see the Chateau Chambord in France, a marvel castle

What hypocrisy in Hollywood, Vic marrow was also cast in several westerns and police films used guns in all of them

Hands down the best tv show this and Rat patrol 👍💯

Man Buck Taylor was young in this episode "from Gun Smoke TV show"

Rancho Cucamonga next to upland an Ontario California

Watched combat when I was a kid didn’t miss a show their was another show on before combat came on it was called The galant men

That was wrong of that soldier to drop that trash

I loved the series. But it seems every German was portrayed as a 6.3 giant. That was not the case. They were just mortals like you and I.