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 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 TH-cam.
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 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.
*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".*
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 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.
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 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
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 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.
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!
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..
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 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.
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...
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 !
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.
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.
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 !!!
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.
" 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 "
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
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
une série inédite en France .. j'aime TH-cam 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 :)
@@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 😭
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.
Esta serie la disfrutabamos en familia reunidos frente al televisor mi papá, mis hermanos, hermanas y yo. ¡¡¡ Cuántas hemosiones y sentimientos nos hizo vivir...!!!
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 !!! 🇺🇲👍
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.
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
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 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.
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!
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.
That's a great family memory.
Great family history. Thank you for putting it on You Tube. Stay safe.
Thank you for sharing that .
God bless them both 🙏
That's sweet and awesome, man! Wish you well, cherish those memories
내가 초등학교때 봤던 최고의 전쟁 드라마~~combat~그 당시 한국 어린이의 우상 Vic Morrow~
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The writers of this show have a good insight into the humanity of war. Modern writers can learn a lot from the characters
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.
I was born in the 50's and remember this show. Looking back I realize the stories were great and the acting as well.
I know. How sad is that?
Je n'y comprend rien en anglais !??? Avez Avez-vous un lien en FRANÇAIS, FRENCH ????
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 TH-cam.
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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.
My grandpa was in the navy. He told me to never join the army. Lol
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.
The sergeant taught us good life lessons. Thank you to the writers and all of the crew, team.
Muy buenas todas las series y si las pusieran en español latino sería mejor se disfrutaría mucho más
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.
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*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".*
I thought that he was the german from Rat Patrol!
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 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.
Was one of my top ten shows growing up...
The humanity amidst the brutality. Sob. What an excellent series. Vic and Rick, bless you guys.
Rothschild n Rockefeller and the evil filthy wealthy elites were behind these wars that saw many young good souls on both sides lost their lives
Tears me up. One of the best episodes. Deep, deep moral core.
The Little Carousel episode was a real sad one.
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! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I was in the 2nd grade. This episode was just a few weeks before the JFK assassination.
@@ktcarl I was in grade four .
@@albertmusco You're an old Dude!!
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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. :-)
Watch them all when I was growing up Great series and Vic Morrow was a great Actor.
I really love this show! The theme song with the explosions and the announcer with gravely voiced saying COMBAT! brings back a lot of good memories!
A great series. I haven't seen it since appeared on TV originally. That was nearly 60 years ago. Thanks for bringing it back.
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
Absolutely loved Gail Kobe. Very underrated actress.
USED TO WATCH THIS ON Tuesday evenings (EVERY) BACK IN THE EARLY 60'S. Great show. own the series now.
I was born in 1956 I loved watching this show growing up so happy I can watch these episodes again 👍😉💪
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Me too lee, you are my age grew up with this too. Fond memories. Good luck to you.
Me three combat 12 o’clock high. Rat patrol some of the bests born may 1956
Right behind you in 1957...great times.
@@pep590 Go pep !! Best of times my friend 👍
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.
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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.
Man war story's are awesome. Hacksaw ridge like just how.
@Cousin Vinny watch some.old Westerns. Lol old sets out west.
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!
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..
When I was a little boy this was my favorite tv show I thank you very much for bringing this memories back
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 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.
Im 67 and watched this as a kid.This was so good growing up.... I play Combat computer games now....
I used to watch combat over and over with my dad. I still can't believe it's been almost 60 years since these were made. Time fuxxing flies.
Me too! 7:30 PM every Tuesday...
agree, thanks for youtube
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Me too. I am 62 years of age now and still remember this program
@@georgebethos7890 oh, that great. nice to hear that, stay health and may covid get away
One of the best series ever. So glad for Combat! Facebook pages and fanfiction. Morrow was just the best
Indeed !!!
Vic was one of my heroes when I was a young lad.
Character of Sergeant Saunders ghosted my basic training. My TV set stayed in my head under a steel pot as memory of better soldiers before me.
Vic, Ric and Dick soooo very missed. Hello Jack, Company and Lowell. God bless. Best tv series EVER 👍😁❤️🙏
Vic Morrow we miss you. 🙏🏼💛
RIP
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 favorite TV show when I was a kid. What a load of bollocks.
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 !
Born in 1954 here grew up watching this also, is great to watch it again and see what I missed !!
Born in 56,I can relate......loved this show every tuesday nite...
It is still on Heroes and Icons channel on cable
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.
Why use "BOOM!!!" if you got 'brain'? Oh yeah... and 'heart'.
I was thinking about this show the other day. I loved this show when I was a kid.
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.
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Thanks for putting this up here. I always enjoyed these as afternoon reruns as a kid.
I remember seeing this episode, just now for the first time. Thanks for sharing!
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 !!!
True. Nothing did.
damn, i watched this when i was little (~40 yrs ago). now i just realized how sagely, smart, and philosophical the sarge is!
Still have your "Combat Boots"?
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.
I watched Combat with my dad. He fought in the Pacific...he loved the show.
@@saginawdan My grandpa was in the
The advisers for the Combat Show were prolly also in WWII...
my dad was a Korea vet this along with the Gallant Men was his favorite
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.
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In 1963 I was 11 years old and playing
COMBAT!
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I was an avid viewer of this series often acting out some the scenes with my brother and the neigborhood kids using our dads WWII gear.
Playing war as a kid with WWII gear. Doesn’t get any better than that.
@@intoreality1189 I had a plastic arma-lite m16 and a plastic helmet. Not exactly vintage or WW2 but it was fun acting out Combat!
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
yes. dream of becoming a soldier. philippine tv series combat.
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.
Totally agree on Colossus. I mention that movie quite often especially what we see going on now.
The Sniper was on Rat Patrol using his born name, Hans Gudegast. Later he changed it to Eric Braeden = Victor Newman in the Young and The Restless
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Well done sir. I was trying to place him but I couldn't.
He also was in Rat Patrol.
Hey, thanks...I was trying to place him!
@@davidfoster5787 He was DIETRICH
I use to religiously watch this show every tuesday nite when I was a kid,...loved it...
I used to watch this show when I was just 13 years old .. Can’t believe 57 years ago ....
i watched combat when i was 25. i am 81 now. gee where has time gone? also the rat patrol. rip vic.
So good to re-watch these, after so very long...watched em as a kid, then reruns...
My Pa, an most th men in my lil town fit in WWII...
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 .
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.
so true
It is so interesting, I did not notice that it is b/w!
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.
Thanks. I watched this episode on TV in 1963 when I was a kid.
I was only 11 years old when this TV series I am following thank you so much for the upload
Still the best TV show about the war I've ever seen.
My childhood watching combat. Great stuff. Great simple childhood. Thanks
I watched Combat! After I joined the Army and went to Vietnam I learned that being in the service is nothing like a TV show.
The troops in Vietnam like my Dad watched this show and it was their favorite TV show.
I love to watch this TV series, it bring me to the old days.
Interesting finding out about the "behind the scenes", later episodes Saunders carried a all wooden gun because it was lighter.
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.
This show,the rat patrol and 12 o'clock high come on every Saturday in kansas city
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.
The combat music is iconic. It is also ingrained in my head.
me too, i am a musician, and the music goes into my soul.. a big part of the whole experience..
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.
Ditto me too
How about the opening credits visually? I wondered the very same.
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.
Support the Wounded Warrior Project" and "D.A.V.", too.
This was my favorite show when I was a kid. I still love it today. It reminds me of the GREAT AMERICA that I grew up in.
Great Human Drama like the Fugitive.
Yep
Vic Morrow was.my favorite. I would always see Combat.
RIP all that have died.
Amen 🙏
Sorely missed, the lot of them.
I grew up watching this show, but it must have been reruns around 1978 - 68 as I was only born in 63. It was this and Rat Patrol!!
I watched Combat when I was in elementary school. If I remember right it came on Tuesday night.
...IIRC 8 PM on ABC...yer right Tuesday nights...that's how I told time back then..
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.
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.
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.
My dad carried a Thompson and a .45. He was an Army NCO. He fought in Saipan and received the bronze star.
...I was 13 in 1963 (71 now) - LOVED this show...
I was 10 and loved the show
Watching The Sniper, just wonderful. Combat is just "IT" the best there ever was
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
AMEN
I loved this series as a kid. Watched it all the time👍
Really surprised to see the high quality here--writing, production, acting; far better than I remembered.
Amen. Really well done.
I'd say...pleasantly surprised!
I love this combat almost have seen all episode over and over love the conversation mostly all five regularly
Playing especially Vic morrow (sunder)
Saunders
I almost forgot how much I missed this show!
Never missed an episode every Tuesday night as a kid.
Chanel 6 WFIL in suburban Philadelphia. “Is your homework done?”
@@christopherbullock2644 : Channel 10 KWTX Waco, Texas ....after the show was over "It's bed time". Dad
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.
une série inédite en France .. j'aime TH-cam 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 :)
Este é do meu tempo. Não perdia nenhum episódio!
Excelente!
Francois- "you make one mistake, the rest come easy" great dialogue from the great Edward Lakso
used to watch this with my Dad, he said it was pretty authentic--good show
Vic Morrow as sergeant Saunders.We were watching this in Greece in 1979-1982 i believe.Damn,time flies as 40 years have passed!!!
one of my favorite shows was Combat when I was a kid.
I grew up on Combat and Rat patrol ! God bless Vic Morrow
Where's Vic Morrow now?
@@woonchungliong4173 hopefully in Heaven for all eternity
@@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 😭
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.
Esta serie la disfrutabamos en familia reunidos frente al televisor mi papá, mis hermanos, hermanas y yo. ¡¡¡ Cuántas hemosiones y sentimientos nos hizo vivir...!!!
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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 !!! 🇺🇲👍
Always recognized him in everything he was in later...
Me too 1955, this show was the best!
My favorite tv war series... sgt sanders, cage, little john , curby and doc medic. Rick Jason as Lt Hanley
I'm going with Hogan's Heroes. It was by far the most historically accurate
@@pizzafrenzyman Combat 1st
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.
My favorite show of all time. Combat was the best. Life
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.
Excellent points.
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
we asked my grandma to translate the german when I was young snell snell hurry hurry
I was but a small tyke when this came out. Lassie was my 1st favorite, this became my second ! 🇺🇸
Ah yes lassie...whadda good dog...
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'm only 40 yrs old and I loved watching this show even remember this episode
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.
I loved these stories and these guys. It is SAD what happened to Vis morrow !!
All 6 aboard the helicopter survived but vic on the ground died along with 2 others
@@philliprogers964 the 2 others were little kids
TRAGIC 😭😭😭
Such a great show!!
Tôi xem phim này cách đây 1968 .....xem lại 2021 vẫn còn hay
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!
I was in 'Nam '70-'71...