Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.
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- Seasons
- 5
- Episodes aired
- 152
- Latest aired
- S05E25
- Total runtime
- 6d 8h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 October 1962 – May 1963 32 episodes
- Season 2 September 1963 – April 1964 32 episodes
- Season 3 September 1964 – April 1965 32 episodes
- Season 4 September 1965 – April 1966 31 episodes
- Season 5 September 1966 – March 1967 25 episodes
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S04E01 Main Event
September 14 · 60min find the promo
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Saunders' latest green replacements are a boxer and his cocky fight manager, Murphy, who wants to run both the war and Saunders.
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S04E02 The First Day
September 21 · 60min find the promo
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The squad, worn-out and exhausted, receives four green replacements. The story follows these four teenagers as they attempt to survive their first day on the front line.
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S04E03 S.I.W.
September 28 · 60min find the promo
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Kirby rejoins the squad in the field, bringing with him a new replacement, Kalb. Kalb is already known to Fleming. Fleming believes Kalb is a coward who ran at Omaha Beach and has been running ever since.
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S04E04 The Linesman
October 5 · 60min find the promo
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A hostile signal corps sergeant, McClosky, balks at having Saunders as escort on a mission to lay wire.
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S04E05 The Farmer
October 12 · 60min find the promo
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Waiting for the battle, Noah plants the crops of an evacuated French farmer. His love for the land and farming overshadow his obligations as a soldier.
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S04E06 Evasion
October 19 · 60min find the promo
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In an ancient castle that the Germans are using as a POW camp, Hanley's fellow prisoners provide him with a fake Albanian uniform for his escape attempt.
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S04E07 Hear No Evil
October 26 · 60min find the promo
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Sgt. Saunders, alone and deafened by a grenade, tries to make his way back to American lines.
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S04E08 Crossfire
November 2 · 60min find the promo
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Saunders returns from patrol with one of his squad, a decorated veteran of Omaha Beach, under arrest.
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S04E09 9 Place Vendee
November 11 · 60min find the promo
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After losing a superior officer in the field, Hanley goes alone to locate a wounded intelligence officer in German Held territory.
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S04E10 The Old Men
November 16 · 60min find the promo
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The Squad is saddled with three over-aged replacements: an injured vet of the Italian campaign who refuses to accept that he is incapable of fighting as he did as a youth, a homesick family man, and a politician with senatorial ambitions.
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S04E11 Soldier of Fortune
November 23 · 60min find the promo
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An explosion destroys the cellar of a German communication center where Saunders, Marsh, and Wallace were tapping lines. Trapped beneath a beam and fearing he will be left behind, Marsh uses information he has overheard as insurance for a safe return to American lines.
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S04E12 The Casket
November 30 · 60min find the promo
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Saunders, trying to get a wounded Kirby to a hospital crosses an elderly mother determined to give her son proper burial.
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S04E13 Luck with Rainbows
December 7 · 60min find the promo
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Hanley, Little John, and Kirby attempt to salvage film from a crashed reconnaissance plane. They are interrupted by a British Major who commandeers the film and abandons the squad as Germans approach.
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S04E14 Breakout
December 14 · 60min find the promo
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Facing a German advance, Saunders and squad are ordered to destroy a valley of construction equipment, to keep it out of the hands of the Germans.
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S04E15 Finest Hour
December 21 · 60min find the promo
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Caje forces a Frenchman to aid him and a wounded Hanley. The Frenchman takes them to a German occupied chateau where the countess must tend to his wounds while keeping his presence a secret.
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S04E16 The Raider
December 28 · 60min find the promo
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Hanley is captured by the infamous SS Captain Reichhardt. Saunders captures Reichhardt's men but does not learn the location on Hanley.
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S04E17 The Mockingbird
January 4 · 60min find the promo
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Three days before a German advance, a spy posing as a downed American flyer is sent to secure information on the French resistance.
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S04E18 The Good Samaritan
January 11 · 60min find the promo
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Marsini the sole survivor of an ill fated patrol blames Saunders for the fate of his fellows since Saunders has orders to keep his position and could not render aid
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S04E19 Retribution
January 18 · 60min find the promo
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After his sister's fiance is killed by an SS Colonel, Kirby goes after the colonel.
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S04E20 Counterplay
January 25 · 60min find the promo
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An impostor masquerades as a French resistance fighter to lead Saunders squad on a mission.
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S04E21 Nothing to Lose
February 1 · 60min find the promo
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Vinnick, a tough G.I. with no regard for danger, clashes with Burke, a soldier who covers his own cowardice with big talk.
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S04E22 Ask Me No Questions
February 8 · 60min find the promo
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A German Lieutenant posing as an American sergeant is placed among arriving American prisoners, including Saunders. Mastin learns locations of key American units.
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S04E23 The Ringer
February 15 · 60min find the promo
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A suspicious straggler joins the squad and behaves erratically, endangering the lives of Saunders and company.
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S04E24 The Flying Machine
February 22 · 60min find the promo
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Hanley flies in a rickety observation plane with a wisecracking pilot. Returning from their mission they see a German convoy and fly in for a closer look.
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S04E25 Hills Are For Heroes (1)
March 1 · 60min find the promo
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In this 2 partter Hanley & his men have to try & take out 2 bunkers. Hanley finds this almost hopeless and with Saunders wounded, (he only able to give morale support to Haley).Everything looks beck for the men of King Company they get a tank. They lose the tank. But in the end Caje& Kirby with cover of the tank take out the last bunker.
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S04E26 Hills Are for Heroes (2)
March 8 · 60min find the promo
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In this 2 partter Hanley & his men have to try & take out 2 bunkers. Hanley finds this almost hopeless and with Saunders wounded, (he only able to give morale support to Haley).Everything looks beck for the men of King Company they get a tank. They lose the tank. But in the end Caje& Kirby with cover of the tank take out the last bunker.
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S04E27 Gitty
March 15 · 60min find the promo
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The squad find a young girl at the convent they are using as OP. Saunders has to try & tell the girl her father is dead. When they are attacked by the Krauts.
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S04E28 One at a Time
March 22 · 60min find the promo
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After his men are all killed by Saunders' squad, a wounded German escapes and vows to kill Saunders' men, one at a time.
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S04E29 A Sudden Terror
March 29 · 60min find the promo
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Hanley tries to save a terrified soldier caught in quicksand.
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S04E30 Run, Sheep, Run
April 5 · 60min find the promo
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In his first battle, Pvt. Corey freezes. Afterworld, the squad commends him for his actions, believing he destroyed a machine gun nest.
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S04E31 The Leader
April 12 · 60min find the promo
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Saunders has to return to HQ for a meeting - leaving Kirby in charge. At first being left in charge starts going to his head, But! after Caje is wounded and the phone lines are cut. Things change fast, At first Kirby starts thinking what would Sarge do. But! with a little encouragement from Doc, He stops thinking what would Sarge do but what would Kirby do to get out of this