I was born in Germany to an American serviceman father and a German mother. After my father’s military time was up my family returned to the US. My mother spoke little English when she first came over. I remember watching this show every week with my family, not because of the interest of my father as you would think, but because my mother wanted the comfort of hearing German spoken by the Germans on the show, which was a rarity at the time. I can remember her translating the German dialog for us. She lived through bombings of her town, fighting in the streets of her neighborhood, and the occupation of her house by US soldiers, to finally marry an American and leave her homeland to become a stranger in a strange land. For that I looked up to her as a strong woman. My parents were together for the rest of their lives. Seeing this show brings back those memories of my youth. I miss them both.
I was a little boy watching this with my father, who was a US WWII infantry sergeant in Europe. I remember asking him questions about what he did, all the weapons, etc. It was a way for him to relate what was a bitter experience to his kids in a positive light. He was half German. All the neighborhood boys thought Vic Morrow was the coolest. We all wanted the Thompson when playing war. I remember him telling us the right techniques of knife fighting.
I didn't have a father who even knew I was living! A very bad man he was! Happy u had a good dad ! Gd bless your dad and mom I'm not bitter .took me 71 yrs to get over it though
@@leenieman8501 I am sorry for your missing father. Like most kids, I failed to appreciate how fortunate I was to have a father, let alone such a good man as he was. I think of him and my good mother often. Far from perfect, but they sure gave it their best shot.
I was born in 1964 and had never heard of this show until recently when I found it on H&I. The first time I had ever heard of Vic Morrow was when he was killed on the Twilight Zone movie set. I had just graduated high school. Watching combat for the first time this year made me realize why everyone missed him. He was a great actor. That type of acting is no more today.
There was a great film made in 1955 called " Blackboard Jungle ". Vic Morrow plays a juvenile delinquent in it. You can watch it here for free on RU-vid.
I watched the show as a kid too. Fell in love with the Sarge and Kirby. I never forgave the network for not allowing us to see the guys get home. Or what they did afterwards. We invested so much in their lives overseas, it just didn't seem fair to not know if everyone was okay after the war. I grew up to be a fanfic writer and am proud to say, I wrote a story to bring Saunders and the guys back to the States. Funny how life goes full circle.
I remember this show when it was in it's original run. Us kids all played "Army" with our guns and whatever else we could scrounge up. Great times as a kid and this show is even better than I remember.
What a wonderful gift to see this television program in my senior years . The years it played weekly on the television there were no VCRs or PVRs , I was focused on academics at that time in my lifeand , now with the wonders of modern technology I can watch them at my own leisure .
Albert Musco I bought the complete DVD set a year ago. Brought back my childhood years.we used to play war. I always wanted to be Saunders with my Mattel Tommy Burst! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@Albert Musco While you were focused on academics, some of us were focused on...other things. Not that we had much luck or (to be brutally honest) much of a clue as to what to do when we got it...still the chase was fun. :-)
I watched a lot of war movies when I was a kid.Combat made me realize the true nature of war.There were no phony heroics in real war.This show presented that fact to you in a calm adult voice and made me marvel at the courage that these men showed in the face of that cold,hard fact.
I recall as a young lad visiting my cousins in California. They took our family by the outdoor set that Combat! use for much of their filming. While we couldn't actually go on the property, it looked remarkably like a bombed-out European village. I was a fan of the show as a young boy and my love of the show increased after having seen the set.
I watched Combat in the '60s as a ten year old. In my later years, I can now understand why Saunders was the way he was. He had to be. There's probably no one you would want more besides you in war than Chip Saunders. R.I.P. Vic. That was a horrible death you experienced.
I was just thinking of this show recently. I was 9 when this one aired. I loved the show. My uncle and Aunt came up from Sarasota to visit one year and Uncle and I was watching the series. It was one of the duller episodes and we both commented. I told my uncle that this was the first time I had seen the Sarge without his helmet on. I still remember his laughter. RIP Ray
I watched this in the mid 70s never missed an episode.. I can still remember the tune to this series. Played it just now, and never have forgotten it,, LOL. Brings back memories of me growing up. Im 54 now..
" Sweet Dreams Hayden Panettiere " & " The Nashville Cast Members " " Faithfully Forever, " Neal Patrick Fry from Detroit, Michigan. In 1963 I was 11 years old and playing COMBAT! OXOXOX... " I'll Always Love 💘you Hayden Panettiere "
This show was and is outstanding. So many great memories. Excellent writing, acting and special effects. The special effects team were from MGM and knew their stuff.
I am from Malaysia, born in 1966. Only managed to watch the combat series during the 70s, when it was aired on tv in my country. I was very excited to watch it with friends , and we would play war games after watching it. Such a memory.
So very well written,the stories of each one of the episodes is life like with various challenges and affects of World War ll had on all kinds of people. Great shows each one. Grateful to be able to see these. Should be on tv today. Thank you
I used to watch Combat when my father would tend bar. I would sit on the stool, have a coke and some chips and watch as the guys would have a beer and a chat. That was in the early 60s. Later i began to think that many of the men having a beer were vets of WWII and it was still fresh in their minds. And yet they had no problem with Combat.
Combat did an excellent job of portraying these soldiers in a fair light. They were neither villains nor super heroes. They were citizen soldiers doing the best they could to do their duty and survive the situation. My father was a vet of WW II. This and 12 o'clock High were the only war shows he would allow in the house.
This show was produced on a relatively small budget which was probably a good thing as it forced the writers to concentrate on character driven stories.
My dad (35th Div., Normandy, Holland, Bastogne) said Vic Morrow did the best portrayal of a combat soldier he ever saw on TV because he "always looked tired."
Ha! My grandpa was in the 82nd airborne paratroopers of the U.S.A..He was a medic with rank of capt. and allowed a weapon; which he did , an 30cal. carbine. He jumpt on dday, jumped in Holland on.Operation Market( allies almost lost that debacle devised by Englands Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery in.trying to shorten the war, rather, nearly lost it by poor plannimg). He then was wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. He didn't like talking about it. Wasn't a great time for him!
And dirty, hungry, frustrated & scared. My Father, a G.I. sergeant FAC, ETO, Normandy to Vienna, via Operation Cobra, Aachen, The Bulge, Dachau & Berchtesgaden. Like many combat veterans, he hardly ever talked about The War. But he did watch Combat every week with his Family. Sometimes i would catch him nodding his head during some of the scenes. He finally 'opened up' one afternoon & talked to me non stop for 4 hours about his combat 'experiences.' It happened to be the 30th Anniversary of D-Day.......
I thank you so very much for all your work on posting these episodes. they bring back a lot of memories from when I was a kid and watched these with my Dad, a War Vet himself. I didn't understand it much then but since my own service and studying about the war, I appreciate it so much more now. Again I thank you.
My Father was a Sgt. in a US Army Combat Engineer Battalion in WW2. D Day, Battle of the bulge, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria. We used to watch the show every time it came on.
*The actor playing the sniper (Hans Gudegast who later went by the name Eric Braeden) had perhaps the most unusual background of any actor in the TV series "Combat!" During the five years it was on (lasting longer than World War II itself) he appeared in about half a dozen episodes - always playing a German. But then, he WAS a German - born in Kiel, Deutschland. What's more, his father was a member of the Nazi Party. Talk about casting to type! Today, he's still alive and is now 81 years old and still busy. His wife whom he married while he was acting in this show, died in 2019. She was a paleontologist and pretty enough to have been an actress herself. Their marriage lasted over half a century before she passed away. After "Combat!" ran its course, Eric Braeden moved on to another World War II series called, "The Rat Patrol".*
the greatest t.v. war show ever, the best ..its like watching a movie not a t.v. series.. can never,never be made again. have the complete set and watch them over and over. vic marrow will always be my hero. i remember when it was on t.v. tuesday nights 730 p.m. i was 8 yrs old..now 63.... god bless all those men who fort and died for us...i wounder these days if it was all for nothing when i look at our country today full of people who doint care about this country... O well maybe 20yrs. left for me. fell bad for the young people after me they will be living in a terrorable world and a ruined country. good luck to them !
I hope police got involved. Children should not be chucking grenades at each other. When I was young, police told anyone who had live grenades to hand them in. I sometimes wonder about the US. Mind you, they used to use grenades for fishing. US soldiers were careless about lives then. So many US soldiers died in training according to my dad.
@@Armis71 Here in England i was wearing mostly ww1 kit and my dad was in the army in the 70s LMAO,the old if it ain't broke don't fix it yet lmao,the canteen was ww1 and the helmet ,just remember him getting a new black plastic water bottle and a new gasmask
One of the GREATEST programs in TV history of all time !!! Loved Cage ! When I was a 7 yr. Old kid growing up...this was one of the best programs ever...I liked Garrisons Guerillas...but didn't even COMPARE to Combat !!!
Two shows I never missed an episode of back in the 60's were Combat and The Gallant Men. B&W TV at its finest. No cable then, or VCRs or other recording devices... just on-the-air broadcast TV. If you missed a show, you missed it forever. Much of the conversation between people then revolved around some TV show one person saw, and the other didn't. Today, you just tell the other person to "go watch" what he or she missed. Life was much simpler then.
Limited technology doesn't sound "simpler." "If you missed a show you may not ever see it" sounds pretty terrible. What's simple is pulling up any movie, show, book or album you want to view online and watching it on any device you want, in better quality than when it was originally released. Life is simpler now than any point in human history; stop romanticizing the Bad Old Days.
My brother, dad, and I watched Combat growing up in the Philippines. We lived within 50 miles of Clark Air Force base and able to watch american TV broadcast from AFRTS (I’m guessing it’s Armed Forces Radio & Television Service). My brother and I even made wooden carbine replica just like the one Vic Morrow was using and play Combat soldiers while humming to the catchy soundtrack. I don’t know if my brother and I understood spoken English all that well back then (my dad did for sure) but we sort of followed along the episodes. Combat, Rat Patrol, Dick Van Dyke, and Hawaii-Five-O were the shows we watched. Definitely part of our young lives then. Happy to be able to watch Combat again.
Vic was carrying a 'grease gun' / Tommy Gun... a Thompson .45 caliber submachine gun... useful only in cities/cramped surroundings... like the gangsters used in 1930's... a short range weapon using a pistol bullet... slow and subsonic... easy to 'silence'... the M1 "carbine" rifle wasn't fully automatic... most soldiers carried much longer range M1 Garand or some used M1 carbine to guard things... very few used a grease gun... but TV and movies like the sound of fully automatic weapons... like to show enemies greased... dust flying all over... www.amazon.com/Thompson-Submachine-Gun-Prohibition-Chicago-ebook/dp/B01DPPQ1HW
You have the right name for AFRTS. I was an Engineer for that group. I worked at the station at Ft. Greely, in the '70s. Everything was on 16mm film, and our station was Black and White. Our signal barely covered the base, and Delta Junction. That seems like several lifetimes ago. I am still in contact with another staff member and have talked to two other online a few times.
Dad was on the Normandy to Germany plan, 3rd infantry. We asked him and he said COMBAT was damn close. He watched it with us but there was always something else there. HELP A VET, LET THEM TALK IF THEY WANT TO! VFW taught me that.
The sniper was played by Hans Gudagast/EricBraedon and he was and is a great actor. A precise, but likable guy. He starred with Susan Clark in a fantastic Computer movie called "Collosus, The Forbin Project" as Dr. Forbin... The premise for Terminator II's Sky Net was prototyped in this movie. It a SURPRISINGLY good movie. Very adult writing, acting and Directing. It is definitely a lost gem. Watch it, you'll love it.
I was only 14 when I was watching Combat in the 60,s and played soldiers with wooden guns an rifles. would love to see this series on tv again. thanks for posting it.
I care about the music because I can remember some of the episodes from watching as a kid over 50 years and never know if I'd ever see them again, but I clearly remembered every bit of the music and have played parts in my mind through the years.
Me too. An unforgettable tune from an unforgettable series. My uncles were in combat and would not talk about it. I watched this show to get an idea of what they went through. I think it helped.
Everything about Vic was cool.! He was my idol and still is . This show was one of those perfect things when the stories and characters come together . These things dont happen often. Combat one of greatest shows ever ! I was born in 1955 and these episodes take me back in time !!! 🇺🇲👍
I was in the Marines in the early 60's. No NCOs were allowed to carry machine guns or pistols. Officers only. But V. Marrow carried both with authority! Great show.
I don't know why they gave Rick Jason top billing here, this series was all about Vic Morrow...the episodes are timeless and each one that Vic Morrow is not in, suffers....he's just a natural in this role...he is sorely missed...
It had a lot to do with shooting schedule. Rotation One: Vic Morrow would shoot an episode one week and have a week off, while Rick shot his episode. Rotation Two: Rick Jason would switch with Vic and shoot his episode then have a week off. Rotation Three, both would appear in a shared episode together, like this one, and top billing would alternate month to month regardless of whether it was a Saunders or Hanley episode, to ensure that both actors had an equal amount of 'top billed' episodes. The problem was that Season One was shot and aired completely out of sequence so the Rotation orders were all out of whack, which led to people questioning episodes like this as to why one got top billing when it's clearly not 'his' episode. There was definitely an order that would've made sense if it was broadcast correctly.
There are great ones with Rick Jason. Vic Morrow was in the movie Blackboard Jungle and when Combat came on, every actor wanted to work with him. If you look at the list of actors that were on that show, it is impressive.
I hail from a long military family. I am now 70 and living in Vietnam. As a 12 year old new migrant to Western Australia in 1964 my dear father and I used to watch Combat on our old black and white TV. It came on right after My Three Sons. We used to criticise all the crazy tactics etc but boy, did we love that show every Friday night. No matter how poor you are if you have a loving family to share things with, this is the most important thing. I love you dad. RIP.
kirkhyde - Keeping the characters in this show speaking their own language is what makes this show so realistic and interesting. Not like other shows where everyone speaks English or with accents to show they are of a different culture. This show keeps it real. After all how many service men would have gone over seas and be able to understand the natives there? I like too that they don't spend a lot of time translating, and you can figure out what is being said by the action.
Actually, English is spoken in most of the world... Most Europeans speak more than one language... USSR/Russia/China required kids to take English in school... English is the worldwide language of airlines/international airports
An excellent épisode. We have already seen in earlier épisodes Hans Gudagast aka Eric Braeden play minor rôles. Hans went on to be better known in the Rat Patrol and has continued playing on TV and cinema up to the present. Hans Gudagast was given an award for promoting positive German characters in acting rôles by Germany. Born in 1941 in Kiel Germany, Hans is still professionally active. On another note, we witness once again another wonderful portrayal of the very human and moral character played by Vic Morrow. Thank you for the upload. / October 29 2021. If nothing else, We see the sargeant's insight into people and as mentioned back in 2015, his great humanity. We shall see his character grow. Merci pour le téléchargement, même si cela remonte un peu.
Iain Schofield Hans Gudegast, billed now as Eric Braeden, has had the role of ruthless businessman Victor Newman on "The Young and the Restless" since 1980.
Mishawaka Post / Robert Clary who was known as Corporal LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes was portrayed as a Nazi Hunter on The Young and the Restless and had a photograph of Hans Gudagast from Rat Patrol when he confronted Eric's character in one scene . A former girlfriend recorded this episode for me because she knew I liked both Rat Patrol and Hogan's Heroes Eric Braeden also starred as the main character in " Colossus the Forbin project " that is to say he portrayed Professor Forbin .
Thank you so much for posting the best show ever, Combat, power packed with life lessons and illustrated sermons to inspire us and equip us in these perilous times, to keep on going and to not give up.
Watching these old episodes of "Combat" bring back fond memories of my youth, and these stories still hold up well after all these years, a tribute to the wonderful actors who portrayed men in war. In fact, this show is better than anything else on TV today, I think you would agree. On that subject, I'd like to share a few thoughts on the show in general, and on this episode specifically. First, I have always believed that first billing on this show belonged to VIC MORROW, not Rick Jason. I suppose that Jason had done bigger roles and therefore got top billing with Morrow in the number two spot, a huge oversight, in my opinion. I think that Morrow was a far better actor with his talent showing so powerfully in his nuanced performances, with Jason a little stiff and "one note" in his acting. On a somber note, my friend was the stuntman riding in the helicopter that unfortunately killed Morrow during the shooting of "The Twilight Zone" movie. He too was almost killed in the ill-conceived accident. The stunt, incredibly dangerous to begin with, suddenly became lethal when the director John Landis, who ignored the warnings of the chopper pilot, was the direct cause of Vic Morrow's death and that of the two little Vietnamese children he was carrying when the accident occured, but got off with his high-priced attorneys, after both Vic and the little boy were beheaded, and the little girl was cut in half by the helicopter blades. What a terrible price to pay just for a single scene in a forgettable movie. RIP to all who suffered throught this terrible tragedy. On a happier note, I noticed that the guy who played the German sniper in this episode was none other than Eric Braeden, the handsome star of the soap opera "The Young and the Restless," which ran for many decades. I worked with him and he was a wonderful actor and person. Who knows what unknowable and winding paths our lives may take??
The one-two billing alternated with each episode. Thus they both had top billing. And yes, Landis got off on a lot of charges. As well as ignoring his advisors he and hu\is company broke several child labor laws.
@@tiffsaver And the civil suits were settled out of court. However new laws and regulations were made however that did not stop them from breaking the existing laws.
@@tiffsaver It is priceless. However chemically about $600 USD; which is a lot more than the makers of this film thought it was worth. And millions from lawsuits do not ease the pain or bring back the pleasurer of one had with their loved ones.
And I told my mother that when I grow up I was going to join the Army to help them And I grew up and served with the 3rd. Inf. Division and the 9th. Inf. Division
I used to watch Combat and Hogans Heroes and My Korean War Vet Marine Dad would get mad when i watched...He was in the Marine Air Wing.. He had photos of Quonset hut in the snow in Korea and Tents in snow in Korea.. I asked him if he lived in the huts.. He said 'no the Air Force lived in them , lived in the tent as we are Marines.' ' . so I asked him 'Dad,.Why didnt you join the Air Force?' my Dad answered-'Shut up son!'. If you go in the Military i will beat you up... I ended up in the USAF in Germany 85-91 Crew Chief.
@@afvet52 ...my dad (USAAF vet - spent his time in England Jun 44 - Aug 44) was the same in some ways...he refused to watch Hogan's Heroes when we were kids - said being a POW was no laughing matter - he loved Combat though...and later when he moved to FL - a state he SWORE he'd NEVER, EVER (bad experiences Boca Raton during training - too hot) visit or live in - actually watched & enjoyed it...he was pissed that I enlisted right after college in May of '71 (50 years ago this May) he never cared for the 'class of people' you met in the service and held it against me until he died...I loved my time and always kicked myself for not re enlisting - spent my time in Germany - the absolute happiest time of my life.
@@mohammedcohen Thank you for sharing!!!! I loved the AF..It got a bit limp after 91 and it was a good time to go.. It was the best time of my life from being 19-25 in Germany! I loved it so much i married Eva "browns" Cuzin and stayed here :)
I lived for this series and the Gallant Men when I was a kid. When my draft number came up in 1970, these series' soured me on any notion of going to Nam. Hats off to Selmur Productions!
A collie was the first dog that bit me when I wasn't lookin'...lol.nothing serious just got a piece literally of my butt...lol....on or around 65-66...(lanc.,pa.)those were the days no doubt
I forget which of the stations, but this show came on right after I got home from school. I'd get to watch it, then go outside to roam around so my two sisters could watch whatever they wanted. I think I had the better deal.
I grew up in the 60's watching this. I have been extremely fascinated with WW 2 as I got older, and who knows, maybe this was the show that started it all.
@@kathymcmahon6582: Sgt Saunders was actually Vic Morrow! I read the news with sadness that he died in an acting incident in a helicopter crash! RIP Vic Morrow 😭
Yes we do...just a convincing actor I just naturally took an immediate liking to when this show was on t.v. back in the day....(growing up as a young boy in Pennsylvania)a great show no doubt...
My mother was a child in the UK during WWII. Buried for days in a house bombed during the Blitzkrieg. I was born in 1953. We watched this show and every WWII movie that aired. I remember her shouting at the t.v. calling the Germans swine.
Chasgall2000 band of brothers was junior high school writing with very little real depth in its showing what war was. Combat was written by real ww2 combat serving veterans. it is a big difference between them
Esta serie la disfrutabamos en familia reunidos frente al televisor mi papá, mis hermanos, hermanas y yo. ¡¡¡ Cuántas hemosiones y sentimientos nos hizo vivir...!!!
une série inédite en France .. j'aime RU-vid pour cela , ça permet de voir beaucoup de films ou série qui ne sont pas ou plus diffusés ailleurs .. Merci pour avoir posté cette série :)
I was in DaNang area '71... left Thanksgiving Day... had about 6 Thanksgiving turkey dinners... seemed like everywhere I went it was dinner time again...
@@samuelgontz2091 - You mean M60 .30 cal... but that 30-06 round is plenty deadly! I would get a M60 out at times for perimeter guard duty... had my picture taken with .30 cal. machine gun belts crisscrossed across my chest Mexican Bandito style... LOL! I was on the Tien Sha Marine base just southeast of DaNang a few times... it's depicted rather accurately in the movie Full Metal Jacket...
Oh!! I remember Combat, oh..yeah!!. I was born in 1964. I wached it in Agentine'TV, channel 2 at 24:00hs. so late!! It was the 70'... Thanks a lot for this Chapters!! Buenos Aires Argentina.
